Fiambalao

Fiambalá belongs to the Abaucán valley, an oasis sheltered by the Narváez and Fiambalá ranges. Its colonial history is closely connected with landed estates. In 1687 Juan Gregorio Bazán de Pedraza held a grant of a hundred square leagues, subsequently divided into the entailed estates of Anillaco and Fiambalá. During the years 1720–1733 the Fiambalá estate passed to the Carrizo family and gradually fragmented.

In 1770 Captain Domingo Carrizo built the chapel of San Pedro on his property. Its enclosed forecourt and low, tapering tower reflect architectural connections with Upper Peru. Whitewashed surfaces surround a narrow, dimly lit nave; restrained baroque curves appear on the front, while a carved lintel and altarpiece introduce more elaborate decoration. Eighteenth-century paintings from Cuzco furnished the interior. The chapel gives a tangible form to the valley's colonial relationships: family property, Catholic worship and artistic connections extending northward through the Andes met within the same rural estate.