City of Potosí sight
Potosi, Province of Potosi, Bolivia
In the 16th century, this area was regarded as the worlds largest industrial complex. The extraction of silver ore relied on a series of hydraulic mills. The site consists of the industrial monuments of the Cerro Rico, where water is provided by an intricate system of aqueducts and artificial lak...
Jesuit Missions of the Chiquitos sight
Department of Santa Cruz, Bolivia
Between 1696 and 1760, six ensembles of reducciones (settlements of Christianized Indians) inspired by the ideal cities of the 16th-century philosophers were founded by the Jesuits in a style that married Catholic architecture with local traditions. The six that remain San Francisco Javier, ...
Historic City of Sucre sight
Department de Chuquisaca, Province Oropeza, Bolivia
Sucre, the first capital of Bolivia, was founded by the Spanish in the first half of the 16th century. Its many well-preserved 16th-century religious buildings, such as San Lázaro, San Francisco and Santo Domingo, illustrate the blending of local architectural traditions with styles imported from ...
Fuerte de Samaipata sight
Province of Florida, Department of Santa Cruz, Bolivia
The archaeological site of Samaipata consists of two parts: the hill with its many carvings, believed to have been the ceremonial centre of the old town (14th16th centuries), and the area to the south of the hill, which formed the administrative and residential district. The huge sculptured rock,...
Noel Kempff Mercado National Park sight
Velasco Province, Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia
The National Park is one of the largest (1,523,000 ha) and most intact parks in the Amazon Basin. With an altitudinal range of 200 m to nearly 1,000 m, it is the site of a rich mosaic of habitat types from Cerrado savannah and forest to upland evergreen Amazonian forests. The park boasts an evoluti...
Tiwanaku: Spiritual and Political Centre of the Tiwanaku Culture sight
Province of Ingavi, Department of La Paz, Bolivia
The city of Tiwanaku, capital of a powerful pre-Hispanic empire that dominated a large area of the southern Andes and beyond, reached its apogee between 500 and 900 AD. Its monumental remains testify to the cultural and political significance of this civilisation, which is distinct from any of the ...
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