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The village, and the valley, got their name because of a private donation. In 1589, Ines Peraza had the first little church built and dedicated to the saint of her name. The present-day chapel goes back to the 17th century. It contains a baroque altar with san Barolomé and five impressive paintings that are among the most beautiful on the island.
If you leave the centre of the village on the main road to Betancuria, you will find a track just beyond the cemetery on the left, marked with wooden road sign “Taller de Artesnía Cerámica”. This leads down into the valley on the right, straight to the pottery workshop of Josepha Acosta. Don’t miss the little kiln with its pointed roof standing in front of the house.
Her pottery vessels and dromedaries, only partly made according to traditional patterns, bear witness to Fuerteventura´s living folk art. Josepha, an amiable, slightly blustering woman, passes her knowledge in courses. You can buy her ceramics in the Artesania in Betancuria or in the Pueblo Majorero near the windmill in Antigua.