Crosses and tombs at Milluni cemetery in winter Bolivia
by James Brunker
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Crosses and tombs at Milluni cemetery in winter Bolivia
Artist
James Brunker
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Photograph - Photograph
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This fascinating little cemetery along with the mine workings is at Milluni, which used to be an important tin mining centre in the Cordillera Real range near La Paz, Bolivia. The mine was abandoned in the 1990s after world tin prices crashed dramatically during the 1980s. With a rise in mineral prices in recent years it has been partly reopened by a local mining cooperative. Among the tombs are monuments dedicated to events of May 1965, when many miners were killed in clashes with the army during a general strike and nationwide protests against the military dictatorship that ruled Bolivia at the time.
Photograph © James Brunker. Reproduction, transmission or publication in any form without written permission strictly prohibited.
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August 31st, 2022
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Allan Van Gasbeck
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