
{"id":1908,"date":"2011-09-20T15:20:38","date_gmt":"2011-09-20T18:20:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patagonia-argentina.com\/?p=1908"},"modified":"2019-02-06T19:14:51","modified_gmt":"2019-02-06T22:14:51","slug":"gaiman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patagonia-argentina.com\/en\/gaiman\/","title":{"rendered":"Gaiman, the Welsh town in Patagonia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<h2><em>Gaiman, a small village located at the Lower Valley of Chubut River, is the symbol of Welsh colonization in Patagonia.<\/em><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6579\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6579\" style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6579\" src=\"https:\/\/www.patagonia-argentina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/rel-gaiman-casa-480x270.jpg\" alt=\"Primera casa de GAIMAN\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.patagonia-argentina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/rel-gaiman-casa-480x270.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.patagonia-argentina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/rel-gaiman-casa-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.patagonia-argentina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/rel-gaiman-casa-1920x1080.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6579\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">First house in GAIMAN<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.patagonia-argentina.com\/i\/content\/la_gente_galesa.php\">The first settlers<\/a><\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>arrived in 1865, aboard the Mimosa sailboat. <\/strong>They were looking for a virgin territory to be able to found the &#8220;New Wales&#8221; and follow their own rules and customs without being molested.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"John Evans's house\" src=\"https:\/\/www.patagonia-argentina.com\/images\/gaiman_casatipica.jpg\" alt=\"John Evans's house\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" \/>This way, <strong>Gaiman,<\/strong> the first district of the old Chubut Territory, was born. A place full of history, undoubtedly.<\/p>\n<p>At present, you can still discover the attitude that characterized these first inhabitants of the town by walking around the streets of Gaiman, which still keeps its village essence, sprinkled with farms, typical chapels and Welsh-style houses.<\/p>\n<h2>Visits and tours<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"font-size: 16px;\" title=\"Bethel Chapel\" src=\"https:\/\/www.patagonia-argentina.com\/images\/gaiman_capilla.jpg\" alt=\"Bethel Chapel\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0 The Museo Hist\u00f3rico Regional, located at the ex-Chubut&#8217;s railway station, built in 1909 with the classical architecture.\u00a0<strong>Here is the original documentation, written in Welsh and Spanish, of the constitution of the colony<\/strong>. There are also photographs, tools and personal objects belonging to the founders and first settlers, as well as religious stuff. You can purchase books, candies and handmade teapot covers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0 The\u00a0<strong>Bethel Chapel<\/strong>\u00a0(&#8220;House of God&#8221; in Jewish), the largest and best kept out of 15 of them that exist in this valley. It is built on bricks and the inside is covered in wood. Right beside it you will see the old chapel (1880) which was built when the primitive Stone Chapel fell apart.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"One of the many Tea-houses\" src=\"https:\/\/www.patagonia-argentina.com\/images\/gaiman_casadete.jpg\" alt=\"One of the many Tea-houses\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" \/>However, besides these great sites, <strong>Gaiman&#8217;s main attraction consists of just wandering through its streets, watching its typical houses and enjoying a great Welsh Tea service at one of the many lovely tea houses that are available.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Take our word and you will find yourself invaded by that particular feeling arising from the union of this town full of Welsh tradition and the lands of the far south.<\/p>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_6581\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6581\" style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6581\" src=\"https:\/\/www.patagonia-argentina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/rel-gaiman-te-480x270.jpg\" alt=\"El servicio de T\u00e9 Gal\u00e9s\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.patagonia-argentina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/rel-gaiman-te-480x270.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.patagonia-argentina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/rel-gaiman-te-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.patagonia-argentina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/rel-gaiman-te-1920x1080.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6581\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A typical\u00a0Welsh Tea service at a Gaiman Tea House<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gaiman, a small village located at the Lower Valley of Chubut River, is the symbol of Welsh colonization in Patagonia. The first settlers\u00a0arrived in 1865, aboard the Mimosa sailboat. They were looking for a virgin territory to be able to found the &#8220;New Wales&#8221; and follow their own rules and customs without being molested. This&#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patagonia-argentina.com\/en\/gaiman\/\">Read on<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6579,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[26],"class_list":["post-1908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-puertomadryn","tag-excursiones"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patagonia-argentina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1908","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patagonia-argentina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patagonia-argentina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patagonia-argentina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patagonia-argentina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1908"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.patagonia-argentina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1908\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6621,"href":"https:\/\/www.patagonia-argentina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1908\/revisions\/6621"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patagonia-argentina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patagonia-argentina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patagonia-argentina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patagonia-argentina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}