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Discovery Series Ornament – Santa Cruz de la Sierra

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The Starbucks Discovery Series Ornament Santa Cruz de la Sierra offers a smaller selection of symbols from Bolivia’s largest city and the surrounding eastern lowlands. Santa Cruz de la Sierra was founded by Ñuflo de Chaves in 1561 and was moved more than once before becoming established at its present location. Over time, it developed into the economic center of eastern Bolivia, with a culture and landscape quite different from the country’s high-altitude Andean cities.

– The sloth is one of the most distinctive animals found in Bolivia’s tropical lowlands.… Read more

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Discovery Series – Santa Cruz de la Sierra

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The Starbucks Discovery Series Santa Cruz de la Sierra mug takes us to Bolivia’s largest city and the center of the country’s tropical eastern lowlands. Santa Cruz de la Sierra was founded by Ñuflo de Chaves in 1561, although the settlement was later moved several times before becoming established at its present location. Over the centuries, the city developed very differently from Bolivia’s high-altitude Andean centers, with strong influences from the Indigenous cultures of the eastern lowlands. Today, Santa Cruz is one of Bolivia’s main economic centers while retaining a distinctive regional culture known as camba.… Read more

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Been There – Santa Cruz de la Sierra

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Starbucks Been There – Santa Cruz de la Sierra is the only city mug from Bolivia, with no country mug released so far. This city is the largest in Bolivia being its principal industrial center. It first founded in 1561 by Spanish explorer Ñuflo de Chavez. Interestingly enough, the location of the city has been moved several times since then (125 miles in total to the west).
Designers used a green palette for the design of the mug, which reflects the colors of the flag of the city – two green stripes divided by a white stripe.… Read more

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