POTOSI the imperial city
With more than 4000 meters of altitude, struck by the blizzard
of the Andes and its so close sun, is staged the Impériale
city of Potosi, which after three centuries of ostentation
is today a deadened city.
The thirty-three churches and convents, the impressive colonial
houses and fabulous Casa of Moneda remained fixed a such immutable
stage set. During four centuries, Potosi was the navel of
colonial Spain like Cuzco, space the one century was that
of the INCA Empire.
With its apogee, Potosi was a paradise of pleasures and disproportionate
luxuries, between 1545 and 1802, the production reached 40.000
tons of money.
Today Potosi is a village which appears relegated
very far out of time.
Cerro Rico dominates Potosi of its 5000 meters of altitude.
The city is built on a slope which goes down abruptly in space
a few kilometers. The district of Kantumarka, sits of the
oldest residences of the city, is located all in bottom.
The center located around the plaza principal, is dominated
by the cathedral and Put it of Moneda, a few meters lower.
Bolivar Calle, the "boulevard" Potosinos, is the
commercial artery of the city.
One of the most charming aspects of the city is due to its
walks under the balconies out of wooden, along the old paved
streets, bordered of walls to the clear colors.
In 1987 UNESCO decreed the title of Inheritance of Humanity
with Potosi.
