Juan José Toro, El Potosi: See why the Christ of the Vera Cruz is the patron saint of Potosí We offer you texts, photos and video with the history of the revered image. Laura Leaño’s photos. The importance that has been assigned to San Bartolomé, as a consequence of the disproportionate growth of the Ch’utillos…
Tag: Cerro Rico
Volcanic soup – K’alapurka
Ryan Cashman, TastingTable: Volcanic Rocks Are The Key To This Traditional Bolivian Soup Many of us may be familiar with the European folktale of “Stone Soup.” According to William Rubel, in an essay written for Stone Soup Magazine, the origins of this folktale — in which a clever man outwits those around him who are…
They promote jewelry from the School of Silversmithing in Potosí | Promueven joyas de la Escuela de Platería en Potosí
El Potosi: Las piezas son elaboradas por los estudiantes que se forman en esta institución. | The pieces are made by the students who are trained in this institution. Las piezas son elaboradas por los estudiantes que se forman en esta institución. | The pieces are made by the students who are trained in this…
What if the Mint House did not exist? | ¿Y si la Casa de Moneda no existiera?
Juan Jose Toro, El Potosi: “El Escorial de América” turns 249 this July 31. Have you ever imagined what Potosí would be like without its Mint House? Thinking of the Imperial Villa without its impressive architectural monument is almost impossible, since it would be as much as imagining it without its Cerro Rico. The building…
Potosí: History of water | Historia del agua
Juan José Toro · El Potosí: Well find recalls long history of water When Potosí was born, it did not have a distribution system for the liquid element. As expected, the maintenance and renovation works in the second Mint House gave rise to a discovery, this time of a well that would have been covered…
In Bolivia’s Silver Mountain, Artisanal Miners Turn to Coca and the Devil | En la Montaña de Plata de Bolivia, los mineros artesanales recurren a la coca y al diablo
Reuters, USNews: By Marcelo Rochabrun and Santiago Limachi CERRO RICO, Bolivia (Reuters) – Next to one of Bolivia’s poorest cities lies one of the richest silver mines in the history of mankind – Cerro Rico, Spanish for ‘Rich Mountain – a once-legendary source of wealth for the Spanish Empire that is now being dug out…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 