I-Mint (Potosi)


Ngekhulu le-XVI, umalusi wase-Diego Alps entabeni yeCroro Rico (Cerro Rico) wafunyanwa ingot yesiliva. Ukususela kule mzuzu kwafika isigaba esitsha ebomini kwidolophu emangalisayo yasePotosi , apho baqala ukukhupha iimbotyi zetsimbi enqabileyo, ezazisa ubutyebi obuhle kwi-empire yaseSpain. Okwangoku, imbali yeemigodi kunye nokuveliswa kwemali ingabonwa kwiMyuziyam ye-Mint (Casa de la Moneda).

Iimbali zembali

Ukuvulwa kwe-Mint kwenzeka ngoJulayi 1773. Ekuqaleni, kwakucwangciswe ukwakha isakhiwo esitsha, kodwa ke wagqiba ekubeni ukwandisa ubunzima bokuqala, okwakumenywa ngumqambi owaziwayo welo xesha, uSalvador de Vila.

Ngowe-1869, ii-injini ze-steam ezazisuka e-United States zagqitywa zatshintsha iilwanyana, kwaye ii-1,909 zombini zatshintshwa ngumbane. Ngomnyaka we-1951, imali yesibini yokugqibela ikhishwe apha. Imithombo enezitye ezixabisekileyo yayiphelile.

Namhlanje i-Casa de la Moneda ineqoqo elikhulu leempawu zembali: iindleko ezivela kumazwe ahlukeneyo kunye neeras, imizobo ngabadwebi abadumileyo, ubucwebe, imimmy edibeneyo kunye nezixhobo zokufakela imali.

Imiboniso yeMint eBolivia

Uhambo luqala kumgangatho wesibini, apho kukho imizobo evela kwiZibhalo ezingcwele. Umboniso obalaseleyo ehholo yintanki ebonisa i-Cerro Rico entabeni, eneembali zokufumanisa isiliva.

Igumbi elilandelayo linikezelwa kwingxelo yemveliso yemali. Eyokuqala kwezi zinto zazingenasiphelo kwaye zincinci, ekubeni isetampu yokuqala isetyenzisiweyo isetyenzisiwe, kwaye yayingama-93% esiliva. Ngokuhamba kwexesha, isixa sensimbi esisigxina sehlile ukuya kuma-73%, kwaye amandla eemali zaqala ukongeza ubhedu.

Kule gumbi kukho iibumba kunye namajelo avela kwiimpawu ezahlukeneyo. AmaSpeyin azisa eYurophu oomatshini bokhuni, apho kwakunokwenzeka ukufaka ii-ingots zibe ngamaphepha amancinci. Ezi ndlela zafakwa kwizenzo ngoncedo lwama-mules asebenza phantsi kolawulo lwabaveleli. Kwiimeko ezinjalo (usuku olusebenzayo kwindawo efihliweyo), ubomi beeesile, ngelishwa, kwakunzima kwaye bufutshane. Ngoku kwimyuziyam ephantsi kweendawo ezihlukeneyo ungabona izilwanyana ezixutywe kunye nezixhobo ezigcinwe.

Kwisiko lihholo le-foundry. Apha uya kubona ama-apprenti kunye ne-caster, kunye nezixhobo zangempela, ezingaphezulu kweminyaka engama-200 ubudala. Abaveleli bayakhangwa yinqwaba yomlilo ngokutshatyalaliswa kwensimbi. Kukho kwimyuziyam kunye namagumbi aneemveliso zesiliva: ekubethelelwe esiphambanweni ukuya kwiinqonga.

Iimyuziyam ibuye iqokelelele iqoqo elikhulu lamaminerali (ngaphezu kweesampuli ezingama-3000), eziqokelelwa kulo lonke ilizwe. Umboniso oyintloko "iBoliviano" - i-crystal enkulu efumaneka eBolivia .

Ukugcinwa kwintsimi ye-Mint kunye neyokufundwa kwezinto zakudala ezithe zafunyanwa ngexesha lokukhutshwa kwesilivere. Apha ungabona izidumbu zezilwanyana, amathambo abantu, izitya, njl.

Kufuneka kuqatshelwe kwaye isicwangciso sophuhliso lwempucuko, esenziwa kwiXIXX. Imele ukulandelana kwexesha ukusuka ekudalweni komhlaba kunye nokugxothwa kwiparadesi ka-Adam no-Eva ukuya kutsho kwenzululwazi yakutshanje eyenziwa ngabantu.

Kwintsimi ye-Mint, u-Eugenio Moulon wenza isimboli sixeko-umfanekiso wesigxina esinobuncwane sakhe sihlotshiswe ngokumomotheka, kwaye okwesibini-siyakuchukumisa i-grimace. Le maski yiMascaron, echazwe kwizinto ezininzi ezikhumbuzo zesixeko sasePotosi .

Izinto zokutyelela

Iindleko zokumkelwa ngu-50 boliviano, kwaye ukuba unokuthi ufotoze kufuneka uhlawule omnye. Kodwa, ngokweengcali ezininzi, le ngenye yamanyuzi amnandi kwiLatin America, apho kufanelekile ukuya khona.

Unokundwendwela kuphela iMint kunye nesikhokelo, kwaye amaqela afika ngexesha. Ukutyelela isiNgesi kubanjwe ngo-10: 30 nakwe-14: 30.

Kukho irestlo kwisayithi, apho iindwendwe zingenakho ikhofi kunye ne-snack, kunye ne-intanethi ye-intanethi ifumaneka phantsi.

Indlela yokufikelela kwiMint yaseBolivia?

Intsimi yemyuziyam ikhulu kakhulu, ihlala kuyo yonke ibhloko kwaye ihlala kwindawo yembali yasePotosi, kufuphi nebala ngo-10 Novemba. Kuya kuba nzima ukufika apha. Isinki sinokufikelela ngenyawo, ngemoto okanye ezothutho zikawonkewonke , eziya phambili.