Qualla: Lolol https://qualla.com/lolol en-us © 2026 Bendyline Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:39:57 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/6/3/v/4/lolol-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Lolol https://qualla.com/lolol Lolol: Introduction https://qualla.com/lolol/ Photo credit Diego Grez, CC BY-SA 3.0. The name means "land of crabs and holes" in Mapudungun, the language of the Mapuche who lived here long before any Spaniard rode into the Colchagua Valley. Say it aloud and it sounds almost like a joke - Lolol, the syllable doubling back on itself. But there is nothing accidental about what the town has chosen to keep. Behind low adobe walls and beneath wide tiled eaves, Lolol holds on to a Chile that has nearly vanished everywhere else: a country of horsemen, harvest festivals, and houses built from the very earth they stand on.

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]]> Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/6/3/v/4/lolol-wp/63v4-lolol-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Lolol: Houses Made of Earth https://qualla.com/lolol/ Photo credit Diego Grez, CC BY-SA 3.0. Walk the main street and you understand why the Chilean government drew a protective line around this place. In 2003, the historic center of Lolol was declared a National Monument in the category of Typical and Picturesque Zone, recognizing a townscape of continuous adobe facades...

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]]> Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/6/3/v/4/lolol-wp/63v4-lolol-houses-made-of-earth.mp3 0:06 2 full Lolol: Tierra Huasa https://qualla.com/lolol/ Photo credit Salvador Correa Correa, CC BY-SA 3.0. Lolol calls itself Tierra Huasa - country land, the realm of the huaso, the Chilean horseman whose broad hat and woven poncho are as iconic here as the cowboy is to the American West. This is rodeo country, but Chilean rodeo bears little resemblance to its northern cousin. In a c...

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]]> Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/6/3/v/4/lolol-wp/63v4-lolol-tierra-huasa.mp3 0:06 3 full Lolol: The Ground That Moved https://qualla.com/lolol/ Photo credit Diego Grez, CC BY-SA 3.0. On 27 February 2010, one of the most powerful earthquakes ever recorded - magnitude 8.8 - tore through central Chile. Adobe is strong against time but vulnerable to violent shaking, and Lolol's heritage center was badly hurt. Walls that had stood since the 1800s cracked and colla...

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]]> Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/6/3/v/4/lolol-wp/63v4-lolol-the-ground-that-moved.mp3 0:06 4 full Lolol: Where the Valley Meets the Hills https://qualla.com/lolol/ Photo credit Salvador Correa Correa, CC BY-SA 3.0. Lolol sits at the western edge of the Colchagua Valley, where the gentle vineyard country begins to fold up toward the coastal range and the Pacific beaches near Pichilemu. Just southwest lies Santa Teresa de Quiahue, an old wheat-and-wine estate whose manor house was deliberatel...

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