Bolivian Experience Photo Album - Cities/Villages

Potosi, Bolivia - Thumbnails - Page 5

Convent St. Teresa - one of the two reminding cloisters, Potosi, Bolivia

Convent of St. Teresa - Rotating turnshide used since 17th century by nuns to keep their faces safely protected from male visitors, Potosi, Bolivia

Convent St. Teresa - one of the two remaining cloisters, Potosi, Bolivia

Convent St. Teresa, Potosi, Bolivia

ooperive Mines of Potosi - Tio or Supay, the devil worshipped with cigarettes and alcohol believed to be responsible for keeping the mineres safe, Potosi, Bolivia

Cerro Rico (Rich Hill) crisscrossed by over 5000 tunnnels and dotted by mounds of rocks and debris accumulated over centuries of mining, Potosi , Bolivia

Cooperative Mines of Potosi - Cerro Rico - vain of bluish, probably copper based mineral, in one of the mine tunnels, Potosi, Bolivia

Cooperative mines of Potosi - Cerro Rico - Some of the ming shafts can get narrow, Potosi, Bolivia