This city had more population that London during the colony. The legend says that with the silver that was extracted from the Cerro Rico a bridge to Spain could be built.
Taxi (shared) Bs. 3.- Radio Taxi (exclusive) Bs. 6.- Taxi (for hour) Bs. 25.- we recommend to consult a trave agency or recommended tour operator, or to print our city plan and to ask the driver to take you to these places.
La Casa Real de la Moneda
Is an extraordinary museum and an exceptional monument of the architecture of the 18th century, where they minted during years, the silver coins ordered by the Spanish Crown.
Mina Pailaviri
At present, the interior of this great mine can be visited, today of State property. It is divided into 17 levels accesed by an elevator that descends fron three to three meters, and carries us to 240 m of depth, maximum level accessible to the public.
El Cerro Rico
Magnificent hill (Sumaj Orko), that dominates the city as image of the silver wealth of Potosí. For centuries tons of this precious metal was extracted and still is.
Iglesia de San Benito
Is a beautiful expression of Moorish art covered by nine domes of stone.
Laguna Tarapaya
Circular volcanic lagoon with thermal waters, famous since the Incas.
Museo de Santa Teresa
Built in 1761, guards a beautiful collection of pictures and religious objects, the nuns dproduce some delicious candies of marzipan, famous and quoted since the colony to our days.
Iglesia de San Francisco
The first church that was built in Potosí, in their interior pictures of the colony are exposed, specially thosefrom the colonial painter Melchor Pérez de Holguín, considered among the three greatest of America.
Iglesia de San Lorenzo
With a racially mixed door worked of art and American architecture, with inclusion of native deities as the sun, the moon, the stars, next to the symbols of Christianity.
La Torre de la Compañía
This convent constitutes the main religious monument of the 18th century in Bolivia.
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