Potosi

Potosí, known as the Imperial Villa of Potosí, is a city in southern Bolivia., capital of the department of the same name and the Province of Tomás Frías. It extends to the foothills of a legendary mountain called Sumaj Orcko (in quechua: 'Cerro Rico'), in which the largest silver mine in the world was located from the mid-16th century to the mid-17th century.