#cerrorico

Potosi am Fuße des Cerro Rico mit 4067m die höchste Großstadt der Welt. Seit 1545 werden hier die Silber- und Edelmetallvorkommen des Berges abgebaut. Zu seiner Blütezeit finanzierten diese Silbervorkommen quasi die komplette Weltwirtschaft. Dabei starben bis zu 8 Millionen Ureinwohner. Und auch heute noch wird unter unvorstellbaren Bedingungen weiter Erz abgebaut. Mit Dynamit, dass an jedem Straßenkiosk erhältlich ist und in reiner Handarbeit werden weiterhin von tausenden Arbeitern weiter Stollen in den Berg getrieben. Auch wir sind in die Schächte gestiegen und waren sehr froh nach über 4 Stunden unbeschadet das Tageslicht zu erblicken.

In the departments of La Paz, Oruro and Potosí, which were conquered by the Incan Empire, typical Bolivian dress didn’t look anything like it does today. The Quechua clothing was colorful but very simple. . . . . . . . . . #Bolivia #potosi #cerrorico #visualcollective #outdoortones #somewhere_travel #wondermore #featureshoot #somewhere #roamnation #podroze #travel #allaboutadventures #landscapephotomag #spicollective #poverty #minimal #planetearth #pellicolamag #timeoutsociety #toldwithexposure #nikon #d750 (w: Potosí, Bolivia) https://www.instagram.com/januszfotografii/p/BtVrxpNA0GE/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1pmv35gpwf03w

Woman in traditional Bolivian dress on the Cerro Rico slope. . . . . #Bolivia #potosi #cerrorico #visualcollective #outdoortones #somewhere_travel #wondermore #featureshoot #somewhere #roamnation #podroze #travel #allaboutadventures #landscapephotomag #spicollective #poverty #minimal #planetearth #nikon #d750 (w: Potosí, Bolivia) https://www.instagram.com/januszfotografii/p/BsTAceIArEh/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=580zj64m2ajh

Inside mines...🤠🤡😈 The man-Eating mines of Potosí On the Bolivian Altiplano, at more than 4000 meters above sea level, lies South America's most elevated town. Potosí is a mining town famous for the incredible riches that have been cut out of the Cerro Rico Mountain ever since 1545, when the Spaniards began with large-scale excavation. Its silver soon became the foundation of the Spanish Empire, and at its peak in the seventeenth century Potosí was one of the world's largest and wealthiest cities. . . . #potosi #cerrorico #viajandoporbolivia #viajandoporelmundo #viajeros #bolivia #boliviatravel #explorebolivia #bolivia2018 #igersbolivia #thisisbolivia #boliviatrip #unboliviable #boliviadestinations #turismobolivia #bolivia🇧🇴 #backpackingbolivia #experiencebolivia #backpackingsouthamerica #backpackingover60 #backpackerstory #travelingbolivia #travelbolivia #travelphotographyoftheday #makememories #makememorieseveryday #makememoriesnotmoney #over60traveler #travellingthroughtheworld #solo_travellers_over60 @wolfgangzehnter (at Potosí, Bolivia)

Day two in Potosí, Bolivia 😊😊😋 Time to visit this famous silver mines... Cerro Rico (Spanish for "rich mountain"), Cerro Potosí ("Potosí mountain") or Sumaq Urqu](Quechua sumaq beautiful, good, pleasant, urqumountain, "beautiful (good or pleasant) mountain") is a mountain in the Andes near the Bolivian city of Potosí. Cerro Rico was famous for providing vast quantities of silver for Spain during the period of the New World Spanish Empire. The mountain, which is popularly conceived of as being "made of" silver ore, caused the city of Potosí to become one of the largest cities in the New World. . . . . #potosi #silvermine #cerrorico #viajandoporbolivia #viajandoporelmundo #viajeros #bolivia #boliviatravel #explorebolivia #bolivia2018 #igersbolivia #thisisbolivia #boliviatrip #unboliviable #boliviadestinations #turismobolivia #bolivia🇧🇴 #backpackingbolivia #experiencebolivia #backpackingsouthamerica #backpackingover60 #backpackerstory #travelingbolivia #travelbolivia #travelphotographyoftheday #makememories #makememorieseveryday #makememoriesnotmoney #over60traveler #travellingthroughtheworld #solo_travellers_over60 @wolfgangzehnter (at Potosí, Bolivia)

#walkingaround #potosi #cerrorico #free #cold (en Cerro Rico)

Rinconpandora the Bolivia series: Potosí, 2011 #potosi #cerrorico #cerroricodepotosi #bolivia #boliviaquerida #boliviateespera #altitude #highestpoint #southamerica #latinamerica #colonialhouse #colonial #ancient #ancientcity #silver #plata #history (presso Potosí, Bolivia)