Chapel

The chapel of 7 archangels was constructed to celebrate the marriage of Don Blas Arazola with Doña Rosa Ccosi on August 20, 2016 being consecrated as chapel the sameday.

Chapel

 

 

The chapel of 7 archangels was drawn and constructed by Mr Christian Nonis to celebrate the marriage of his adopted child Mr. Blas Arazola with Rosa Ccosi On August 20, 2016 being named the sameday as Chapel  by  Franciscan priest Vicente Imhol.

 The chapel contains representations of 7  protector archangels, of heaven and earthly worlds, works realized by  trujillian artist  Paolo Vigo and cusquenian artist Cristian Dávila.

Created over a rural world,  Saint Peter the fisherman was chosen to be  principal saint. His festivities are celebrated On June 29  every year with a very coloured procession that goes along the fields and finishes on a boat tour on the lake

The this chapel also dedicated to  Virgin del Carmen (celebrates On July 16) and to Saint Blas, bishop of  Minor Asia , which holiday is celebrated On February 03 , being an original ceremony, the people ask to their main protector saint for protection  against  throat diseases and teeth pain

The sculptures of the Saints were made by cusquenian artist Cristian Dávila, influenced by a Baroque Andean style . The Chapel theme goes about a religious topic of  " Tree of  Life ". The  asymmetric door has a tree shaped form and theside stained glasses of the chapel represent the same tree passing through four seasons, symbolizing the four stages of  life of  man (spring - youth, summer - adolescence, autumn - maturity and winter - oldness).

The stained glass work was made by arequipenian artist Cecilia Rodriguez. In an exterior cave  where the belfry was constructed, it is possible to see the devil reaching out of the wall trying to tempt and decieve the stopping by travelers  . on the tower’s first floor  of the chapel, a sculpture of Virgin Mary nursing his son protects the place of any evil action …

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