Pulacayo

The historic industrial site of Pulacayo is located in the Potosí Department of Bolivia. The mining center developed around Huanchaca, the world's 2nd largest silver mine, and was originally founded in 1833.^[1] Features of the mining center include:

Aniceto Arce’s house

The Maestranza

The refinery’s smelting works

A spinning mill

The first railroad to ever reach Bolivia

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Pulacayo also contains a train that Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid famously robbed.^[1]

World Heritage Status

This site was added to the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List on July 1, 2003 in the Cultural category^[1]

Notes

1 2 3 4 Pulacayo, Industrial Heritage Site - UNESCO World Heritage Centre

References

Pulacayo, Industrial Heritage Site - UNESCO World Heritage Centre Retrieved 2009-03-18.

Coordinates: 20°23′28″S 66°42′00″W / 20.39111°S 66.70000°W / -20.39111; -66.70000

World Heritage Sites in Bolivia

Jesuit Missions of Chiquitos Fuerte de Samaipata Noel Kempff Mercado National Park City of Potosí Historic City of Sucre Tiwanaku: Spiritual and Political Centre of the Tiwanaku Culture

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