Potosí

A colonial city at 4,090 meters with a UNESCO-listed historic center built on the wealth extracted from the Cerro Rico silver mountain that dominates the skyline. At its peak in the seventeenth century, Potosí was one of the largest cities in the Western Hemisphere and a center of baroque architecture funded by silver production. Tours of the still-operating Cerro Rico cooperative mines offer access to active tunnels and the context of Bolivia's colonial-era mining history.