It and its region prospered enormously following the discovery of the New World’s biggest silver lodes in the Cerro de Potosí south of the city. AuthenticityThe City of Potosí is authentic in terms of the ensemble’s forms and designs, materials and substances, and location and setting. Protection and management requirementsThe City of Potosí is protected under the Constitución Política del Estado (Political Constitution of the State), Art. 05918 of 6/11/1961; Créase la Comisión Nacional de Restauración y Puesta en Valor de Potosí (Establishment of the National Commission for the Restoration and Revitalization of Potosí), D.S. 600 of 23/2/1984 to finance the implementation of the designation of the City of Potosí as a “Monumental City of America” by the General Assembly of the Organization of American States in 1979.