Cerro Rico (Spanish for "Rich Mountain"), Cerro Potosí ("Potosí Mountain") or Sumaq Urqu (Quechua sumaq "beautiful, good, pleasant", urqu "mountain",...

to as the Cerro Rico ("rich mountain")—a mountain popularly conceived of as being "made of" silver ore that dominates the city. The Cerro Rico is the reason...

Cerro de Punta or Cerro Punta is the highest peak in Puerto Rico, rising to 1,338 meters (4,390 ft) above sea level. The mountain is part of the Cordillera...

believed in Cerro Rico, Potosí, Bolivia to be the "Lord of the Underworld". There are many statues of this devil-like spirit in the mines of Cerro Rico. El Tío...

Eventually, a Spanish expedition traveling from Peru in 1545 found the Cerro Rico de Potosí in Bolivia, a massive silver deposit deep in the Andes. It is...

Look up cerro in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Cerro is Spanish for "hill" or "mountain". Bolivia Cerro Rico, the "Rich Mountain" containing silver...

Cerro Maravilla The Cerro Maravilla murders, also known as the Cerro Maravilla massacre, occurred on July 25, 1978, at Cerro Maravilla, a mountain in Ponce...

Potosi Mine may refer to: Cerro Rico, near Potosí, Bolivia, famous for providing vast quantities of silver for Spain during the period of the New World...

rising sun appearing behind the Cerro Rico with skies at dawn. In the center, the Cerro Rico of Potosí and the Cerro Menor. On the upper part of the smaller...

colonial economy. In Peru, silver was found in a single silver mountain, the Cerro Rico de Potosí, which is still producing silver in the 21st century. Potosí...