| Country |
Details |
Photo |
Description |
Year
Taken |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : Sucre
Site / Event : Museum of Folk Art
|
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Yura panpipes.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : Sucre
Site / Event : Museum of Folk Art
|
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Clay figures of villages (Chuquisaca).
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : Sucre
Site / Event : Museum of Folk Art
|
 |
Pictographic rendition of the Lord's Prayer (Chuquisaca).
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : Sucre
Site / Event : Museum of Folk Art
|
 |
Chuquisaca arrows.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : Sucre
Site / Event : Museum of Folk Art
|
 |
Fiesta mask.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : Sucre
Site / Event : Museum of Folk Art
|
 |
Doll with Quechua dress.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : Sucre
Site / Event : Museum of Folk Art
|
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Male Aymara clothing on a doll.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : Sucre
Site / Event : San Felipe Neri Convent
|
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The Convent of San Felipe Neri.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : Sucre
Site / Event : San Felipe Neri Convent
|
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The courtyard of the Convent of San Felipe Neri.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : Sucre
Site / Event : San Felipe Neri Convent
|
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The cloister of the convent.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : Sucre
Site / Event : San Felipe Neri Convent
|
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Underground crypts where priests would meet nuns. Tunels link with other churches.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : Sucre
Site / Event : San Felipe Neri Convent
|
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View from the roof.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : Sucre
Site / Event : San Felipe Neri Convent
|
 |
View over the city to the mountains.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : Sucre
Site / Event : San Felipe Neri Convent
|
 |
View over the rooftops.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : Sucre
Site / Event : San Felipe Neri Convent
|
 |
The church towers.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : Sucre
|
 |
Typical house built around an interior courtyard.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : Sucre
Site / Event : Church of La Merced
|
 |
The Church of La Merced dates from 1581.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : Sucre
Site / Event : Church of La Merced
|
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The church is ornate and is decorated with filigree, gold inlay and paintings by Holguin.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : Sucre
|
 |
The Convent of Santa Clara (1639).
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : Sucre
|
 |
Beautiful courtyard.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : Potosi
|
 |
At 4070m above sea level, Potosi is the world's highest city.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : Potosi
|
 |
The city of Potosi was founded by the Spanish in 1546 and has kept most of its colonial architecture.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : Potosi
|
 |
Plaque commemorating the city's designation as a UNESCO World Heretage Site.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : Potosi
|
 |
Potosi is overlooked by Cerro Rico, a rich source of silver for hundreds of years.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : Potosi
District : Central Plazas
|
 |
Plaza 6 de Agusto and the ajoining Plaza 10 de November form the Central Plazas.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : Potosi
District : Central Plazas
|
 |
Plaza 10 de November.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : Potosi
District : Central Plazas
|
 |
Aymara women in Potosi wear a distinctive top hat.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : Potosi
District : Central Plazas
|
 |
Man relaxing.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : Potosi
District : Central Plazas
Site / Event : Cathedral
|
 |
The Cathedral.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : Potosi
District : Central Plazas
Site / Event : Cathedral
|
 |
The sturdy Cathedral was rebuilt in 1838 after an earthquake.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : Potosi
District : Central Plazas
Site / Event : Cathedral
|
 |
One of the belltowers with a clock.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : Potosi
District : Central Plazas
Site / Event : Cathedral
|
 |
Aymara woman at the Cathedral wearing the top hat typical of Potosi.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : Potosi
District : Central Plazas
Site / Event : Cathedral
|
 |
Carving above the entrance.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : Potosi
District : Central Plazas
|
 |
The plazas are overlooked by Cerro Rico.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : Potosi
District : Central Plazas
|
 |
View of the plaza.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : Potosi
District : Central Plazas
|
 |
Young couple.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : Potosi
District : Central Plazas
Site / Event : El Cabildo
|
 |
El Cabildo is a castle-like government building.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : Potosi
District : Central Plazas
Site / Event : El Cabildo
|
 |
Decorated balcony.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : Potosi
District : Central Plazas
Site / Event : El Cabildo
|
 |
Detail of the carved balcony.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : Potosi
District : Central Plazas
|
 |
The plazas are very picturesque.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : Potosi
District : Central Plazas
|
 |
Coat of arms above a government building.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : Potosi
District : Central Plazas
Site / Event : Belen
|
 |
Belen was built in 1735 as a church but is now a theatre.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : Potosi
District : Central Plazas
Site / Event : Belen
|
 |
The elaborate doorway to the theatre.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : Potosi
District : Central Plazas
Site / Event : Belen
|
 |
The building is covered with intricately carved stonework.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : Potosi
District : Central Plazas
|
 |
Government building with the typical ornate wooden balcony common in Potosi.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : Potosi
|
 |
Potosi has kept most of its colonial architecture.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : Potosi
|
 |
The city has many coats of arms.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : Potosi
|
 |
A group of women.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : Potosi
|
 |
The city's streets are narrow and often hilly.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : Potosi
|
 |
A college with one of the many coats of arms on display around the city.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : Potosi
|
 |
Street scene with large contrast between light and dark caused by the 4070m altitude.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : Potosi
Site / Event : House of de Quiroga
|
 |
The coat of arms above the entrance to the house of Antonio Lopez de Quiroga.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : Potosi
Site / Event : House of de Quiroga
|
 |
De Quiroga was a rich merchant.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : Potosi
|
 |
Carved wooden corner balcony.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : Potosi
|
 |
Pastel coloured houses.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : Potosi
|
 |
Busy street.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : Potosi
|
 |
Elegant buildings.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : Potosi
|
 |
Church tower.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : Potosi
|
 |
Two schoolgirls sitting on the kurb.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : Potosi
|
 |
Small plaza.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : Potosi
|
 |
Cinema posters featuring UK actors.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : Potosi
|
 |
The Porton Mestizo is a riot of stone carving.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : Potosi
|
 |
Carved wooden balcony.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : Potosi
|
 |
Decorated shop front.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : Potosi
|
 |
Stone coat of arms.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : Potosi
|
 |
Stone foundations.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : Potosi
|
 |
Entrance to the Passage of Seven Turns.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : Potosi
|
 |
Shops on a hilly street.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : Potosi
Site / Event : University Museum
|
 |
Early phonograph.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : Potosi
Site / Event : University Museum
|
 |
Wind-up record player.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : Potosi
Site / Event : University Museum
|
 |
Painting of Potosi miners.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : Potosi
Site / Event : University Museum
|
 |
Folk guitar.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : Potosi
|
 |
Typical Potosi balcony.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : Potosi
|
 |
Small plaza on a slight slope.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : Potosi
Site / Event : Casa Real de la Moneda
|
 |
La Casa Real de la Moneda is the Royal Mint of the city.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : Potosi
Site / Event : Casa Real de la Moneda
|
 |
Carved entrance.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : Potosi
Site / Event : Casa Real de la Moneda
|
 |
The Bachus mask has become a symbol of Potosi.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : Potosi
Site / Event : Casa Real de la Moneda
|
 |
The enormous building has been a prison and a fort.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : Potosi
Site / Event : Casa Real de la Moneda
|
 |
The walls of the mint are 1m thick.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : Potosi
Site / Event : Casa Real de la Moneda
|
 |
Courtyard containing a sundial.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : Potosi
Site / Event : Casa Real de la Moneda
|
 |
The sundial.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : Potosi
Site / Event : Casa Real de la Moneda
|
 |
The interior houses a historical museum.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : Potosi
Site / Event : Casa Real de la Moneda
|
 |
Silver from the mines of Potosi.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : Potosi
Site / Event : Casa Real de la Moneda
|
 |
Map of Cerro Rico with its mines.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : Potosi
Site / Event : Casa Real de la Moneda
|
 |
Painting of Jesus wearing the crown of thorns.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : Potosi
Site / Event : Casa Real de la Moneda
|
 |
American coin making machines.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : Potosi
Site / Event : Casa Real de la Moneda
|
 |
Horse powered laminating machines. The horses were frequently worked to death.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : Potosi
|
 |
Red tiled rooftops.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : Potosi
|
 |
Street scene in the city centre.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : Potosi
Site / Event : Church of San Bernado
|
 |
The Church of San Bernado.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : Potosi
Site / Event : Church of San Bernado
|
 |
Detail of the entrance.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : Potosi
Site / Event : Church of San Bernado
|
 |
The church dates from 1590.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : Potosi
Site / Event : Church of San Bernado
|
 |
The church resembles many in the Middle East.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : Potosi
|
 |
Having lunch.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : Potosi
|
 |
Rooftop view to the barren hills surrounding the city.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : Potosi
Site / Event : Church of the Companion of Jesus
|
 |
The Church of the Companion of Jesus is narrow.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : Potosi
Site / Event : Church of the Companion of Jesus
|
 |
The Church of the Companion of Jesus (1707) is famous for its Baroque detail.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : Potosi
Site / Event : Church of the Companion of Jesus
|
 |
The church dates from 1707.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : Potosi
Site / Event : Church of the Companion of Jesus
|
 |
The red, baroque tower.
|
1994 |
| Bolivia |
City / Town : Potosi
|
 |
The Observatory of San Fransisco College.
|
1994 |
were added from 1 February 2025.