{"id":531,"date":"2019-11-19T15:48:14","date_gmt":"2019-11-19T15:48:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/expeditours.net\/?p=531"},"modified":"2021-11-14T02:24:56","modified_gmt":"2021-11-14T02:24:56","slug":"potosi-minas-cooperativas-de-plata-casa-nacional-de-la-moneda-y-arquitectura-colonial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/expeditoursbolivia.com\/en\/potosi-minas-cooperativas-de-plata-casa-nacional-de-la-moneda-y-arquitectura-colonial\/","title":{"rendered":"Potosi cooperative impressive silver mines, Bolivias Mint House and colonial architecture"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Potosi was once the richest city in the world as in 1545 \u201cthe\u201d richest Silver mine in the world was found there, this also marked its tragic destination!\u00a0 Today \u201cSumaj Orkho\u201d the beautiful rich Mountain has already lost about 50 mts. of altitude due to the Silver exploitation in the last 500 plus years! Amazingly even though Spain took most of it, starting 1825 when Bolivia became emancipated form the crown, Silver has still been extracted from this mountain, this day we do make an exciting, yet adventurous tour Inside the actual Silver Galleries, we may even go all the way down to 250 Mts underground and meet the mighty \u201cTio\u201d the miners protector, for some people nothing but the actual Devil!\u00a0 something that still calls strongly many people\u2019s attention is the fact that: in Bolivia we are most \u201cSyncretists\u201d these facts makes all of us not only worship God and the saint and the Virgins and drink 92% Pure alcohol with them! But also celebrate hundredths of parties almost any day and mix Paganism with Catholicism, an amazing idiosyncrasy! Our standard tour also includes a visit to a church that features actual \u201cPriest Mummies\u201d still seen the way they were buried under the actual church altars as they used to do from 1500,s \u2026Come with us on an exclusive tour and see all this and much more, facts that may as well drop your jaws! Part of our adventure also includes the amazing Bolivian Mint House which made silver coins for Spain for like 300 years! Massive wooden machined \u201cblood driven\u201d by slaves and animals! See this city that was once names the \u201ccity of Kings\u201d. Beautiful sceneries on the road, around and spectacular city to admire colonial and European elegant architecture!\u00a0<\/p>

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