Arc Skylover·Aug 20The Mountain That Ate Men: The Story of Potosí and the Birth of Global CapitalismHigh in the icy, windswept peaks of the Bolivian Andes, standing over 13,000 feet above sea level, lies Cerro Rico — the “Rich Mountain.”…
InMy Fair LighthousebyPablo Pereyra·May 27Silver Mountain17th Century journey to Potosí — A Pier 21 Prompt responseA response icon16A response icon16
Malina·Jun 1, 2024The Silver Treasure of PotosíIn the 1500’s, a small town in present-day Bolivia lay treasure to a mountain that was filled with the world’s richest deposits of silver…
Flavia Huarachi·Nov 28, 2021Andean Diaries VIII: The city of Silver, Coinmaking and looking for the female deity — PotosíIn this blog we travelled back in time, back to the history of the colony, and a reminder of what we still are recuperating from.
David Gev·Jul 28, 2020Potosi — Where is the Rich Mountain and what its connection with the book Open Veins of Latin…“The city that has given the most to the world and the one that has the least.”
sergeomin·May 14, 2018Sergeomin avanza en la exploración geológica en el proyecto Meseta de Los FrailesEl Servicio Geológico Minero (Sergeomin) avanza con los trabajos de perforación a diamantina en las áreas de algunas minas antiguas en la…
InHistòries del mónbyMarc Busqué·Oct 9, 2017El passat de Potosí (i II)Arribats a aquest punt les històries divergeixen. Uns diuen que Diego Huallpa, coneixedor de la llegenda, va decidir no tocar la plata…A response icon2A response icon2
InHistòries del mónbyMarc Busqué·Oct 9, 2017El passat de Potosí (I)A 4090 metres sobre el nivell del mar, Potosí (al centre-sud de Bolívia) és la ciutat més alta del món. Paradoxalment, també es pot afirmar…A response icon2A response icon2
InHistorias del mundobyMarc Busqué·Oct 9, 2017El pasado de Potosí (I)A 4090 metros sobre el nivel del mar, Potosí (en el centro-sur de Bolivia) es la ciudad más alta del mundo. Paradójicamente, también se…A response icon2A response icon2
