Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works - Pozo Almonte

Humberstone and Santa Laura works represent over 200 former saltpeter works where workers from Chile, Peru and Bolivia lived in company towns and forged a distinctive communal pampinos culture. That culture is manifest in their rich language, creativity, and solidarity, and, above all, in their pioneering struggle for social justice, which had a profound impact on social history. Situated in the remote desert Pampa, one of the driest deserts on earth, thousands of pampinos lived and worked in

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Pozo Almonte

Type : Heritage Site
Country: Chile
Continent: South America
Annual Visitors : 0