Gudrun's photos with the keyword: Santa Laura

Humberstone and Samta Laura Saltpeter Works were inscribed as UNESCO World Heritage in 2005 and immediately put on the list of world heritage in danger (until 2019) to get funds for preserving and stabilizing the remaining buildings. There had been extensive damage partly due to earthquakes but also because of looting. The harsh desert climate in combination with wind and coastal fog (camanchaca) had left most surfaces covered with a mixture of sand and salt, corroding the metal parts. whc.unesco.org/en/list/1178

Iodine Plant at Oficina Salitrera Santa Laura (see note for colour version). Like neighbouring Humberstone Santa Laura saltpeter works were closed down in 1960 and gained World Heritage status in 2005. whc.unesco.org/en/list/1178 Lesenswerter FAZ-Artikel über die Salpeterwerke in der Atacama-Wüste: www.faz.net/aktuell/reise/chile-stille-staub-vergessen-11522825.html

Machinery at Oficina Salitrera Santa Laura, abandoned saltpeter works in the Atacama desert. Together with neighbouring Humberstone, Santa Laura has gained UNESCO world heritage status in 2005. "Humberstone and Santa Laura works contain 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 Pampas, one of the driest deserts on Earth, thousands of pampinos lived and worked in this hostile environment for over 60 years, from 1880, to process the largest deposit of saltpeter in the world, producing the fertilizer sodium nitrate that was to transform agricultural lands in North and South America, and in Europe, and produce great wealth for Chile. Because of the vulnerability of the structures and the impact of a recent earthquake, the site was also placed on the List of World Heritage in Danger to help mobilize resources for its conservation." whc.unesco.org/en/list/1178 de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humberstone-_und_Santa-Laura-Salpeterwerke

Humberstone and Santa Laura saltpeter works were inscribed as UNESCO World Heritage in 2005. Full description: whc.unesco.org/en/list/1178 HWW!

Humberstone and Santa Laura saltpeter works are inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. At Humberstone the company town remained intact, at Santa Laura it's the industrial complex. What's left of the former town is more or less only this bandstand at the plaza. whc.unesco.org/en/list/1178 HFF!