Deadly stories from the world’s highest city

7 08 2010

SOUTH AMERICA – THE JOURNEY PART 11
BOLIVIA

Potosi

The world’s highest city was once one of the wealthiest: people flocked to Potosi to make their fortune from its abundant silver, however under the Spanish crown the town was stripped of its riches and Potosi is now in South America’s  poorest country.

Cerro Rico, Potosi, beneath which lies silver

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