Potosí: the silver city also depends on water infrastructure

Useful to know

Potosí’s heritage connects extraction at Cerro Rico with hydraulic works, aqueducts and artificial lakes. The city includes a mint, churches, prominent houses and workers’ districts. [1]

This allows an entire production chain to be read rather than a single monument. Compare extraction, processing and residential areas. Different buildings reveal different functions and social conditions within one economic system.