The historic industrial site of Pulacayo is located in the
Potosí Department of
Bolivia
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. The mining center developed around
Huanchaca, the world's second largest silver mine, and was founded in 1833.
[Pulacayo, Industrial Heritage Site - UNESCO World Heritage Centre](_blank)
/ref> 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
Butch Cassidy
Robert LeRoy Parker (April 13, 1866 – November 7, 1908), better known as Butch Cassidy, was an American train and bank robber and the leader of a gang of criminal outlaws known as the "Wild Bunch" in the Old West.
Parker engaged in crimina ...
and the Sundance Kid
Harry Alonzo Longabaugh (1867 – November 7, 1908), better known as the Sundance Kid, was an outlaw and member of Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch in the American Old West. He likely met Butch Cassidy (real name Robert Leroy Parker) during a huntin ...
robbed.
World Heritage Status
This site was added to the UNESCO
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World Heritage
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Tentative List on July 1, 2003 in the Cultural category
Notes
References Pulacayo, Industrial Heritage Site - UNESCO World Heritage Centre
Retrieved 2009-03-18.
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World Heritage Sites in Bolivia
Culture of Bolivia
Buildings and structures in Potosí Department