Chapel of Cartwheels (Hacienda Rosalia)
Manapla, Negros Occidental · about 26 km from 3ACs Apartment, Talisay City
ChurchHeritage
A chapel built from old bull-cart wheels in the middle of sugarcane fields.
About
A small open chapel whose walls and windows are made from wooden cartwheels and whose roof echoes a farmer's hat — a tribute to the sugarcane workers of the hacienda.
History
Built in the 1960s by the Gaston family of Hacienda Rosalia; the hacienda's ancestral house was used in the film 'Oro, Plata, Mata'.
Why visit
Unique sugar-culture architecture; pair it with Puto Manapla.
How to get there
Manapla, about 50 minutes north of Talisay.
- Ceres bus to Manapla then tricycle
- Private car
Prices (estimates)
- EntranceFree / donation (ask permission at the hacienda)
Hours / best time: Daytime
Nearby places
- Gaston Mansion (Hacienda Santa Rosalia) — 1930s hacienda mansion from the film 'Oro, Plata, Mata' — with heirloom buffet lunches.
- Church of St. Joseph the Worker ('Angry Christ') — Psychedelic altar mural inside the Victorias Milling Company compound.
- Victorias Milling Company (VMC) Complex — One of the world's largest integrated sugar mills — home of the Angry Christ chapel.
- Gawahon Eco Park — Forest trails, river pools and waterfalls in the Victorias uplands.
- Sicaba Beach & Mangroves — Bamboo bridges over a mangrove plantation where visitors can plant trees.