Chapels of Gaiman

The Welsh chapels constitute a historical legacy in the lower valley of the Chubut River. The congregations that were forming in Gaiman built their chapels to celebrate their Protestant cults. However, it was not only a religious service, but also meeting spaces where the community was concerned with their interests. These meeting points were pillars for the hard-working community. There were moments of extreme difficulties, however, the meeting in the chapel diluted the problems to focus on the spirit and faith. In the chapels the tea ceremony emerges as a social and participatory activity that was celebrated after the cult. The fences of the Chubut River keep the charm of outdoor walks, including the visit to the farms and the historical tour of the rural chapels.

Bethel Chapel

This chapel was built next to the old Bethel chapel, built in 1880 on land donated by Elisa Evans of Williams. The new chapel, surrounded by huge poplars, dates from 1913. It is located in the urban ejido and belongs to the Union of Chubut Free Churches. It is the largest enclosure of those that make up the set of Welsh temples.

Bryn Crwn Chapel

This chapel was built around 1900 with the work of the entire community, in the farm of Catherine Hughes de Mariani, in the Bryn Crwn area. Being a collective work, it was decided to give it a unified character. It is the first of its kind in the valley.

Chapel of Seion

In the place of Bryn Gwyn, this chapel of the Calvinist Methodist Congregation was built on Evan Lewis grounds around 1883. This was collapsed by a storm and the new chapel was erected in 1888. It is built with cooked bricks and roof of veneers. zinc to three waters. It is declared a National Historic Landmark.

Salem Chapel

In La Angostura, it is known as the "little chapel". Built in 1912 in the David Jenkins farm, it is the only wooden chapel covered by zinc sheets. It belongs to the Independent Protestant Congregation. It had functions as a school. At present, religious service is not celebrated.

Bethesda Chapel

In 1904 this chapel of the Independent Protestant Congregation was built as a consequence of the separation of the believers from the Glan Alaw chapel. He got up on the grounds of Griffith Pugh. Your services are sporadic. The choral art of the Welsh was developed in the chapels, whose cultural value is still preserved. Today only in some chapels are regular cults celebrated, but none is foreign to the tea ceremony that is offered on special dates, such as every July 28, when the first Welsh landing in the New Gulf is commemorated in 1865.