Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage Church
La Carlota City, Negros Occidental · about 36 km from 3ACs Apartment, Talisay City
Massive Romanesque church of brick and coral stone in the heart of La Carlota.
About
The parish church of Nuestra Señora de la Paz facing the city plaza. Its thick brick-and-coral walls, huge arched windows and Romanesque facade make it one of the most imposing churches in southern Negros; inside, a neo-Gothic and neo-Renaissance altar holds the Santo Niño and Our Lady of Peace.
History
Recollect priests began the stone church in the late 1800s; work stopped during the revolution and resumed in the 1920s. It was finally blessed on January 23, 1936.
Why visit
A grand heritage stop on the way to Guintubdan or the south.
How to get there
La Carlota City plaza — about 45 minutes south of Bacolod.
- Ceres bus / jeepney Bacolod–La Carlota
Prices (estimates)
- EntranceFree
Hours / best time: Open daily; be quiet during Mass
Nearby places
- Pontevedra — Food Basket & Handurayo Festival — A coastal farm town nicknamed the 'Food Growth Center' of the province, with a May festival.
- Our Lady of Candles Church, San Enrique — A Recollect parish from 1867 in a small rice-and-sugar town between Valladolid and Pontevedra.
- Our Lady of Guadalupe Church, Valladolid — One of the largest Spanish-era stone churches on Negros, with twin bell towers on the highway.
- Buenos Aires Mountain Resort — Old upland resort in Bago with river pools; Kipot Twin Falls is nearby.
- Balay ni Tan Juan (Gen. Juan Araneta Museum) — Ancestral home of the 1898 revolution hero Gen. Juan Araneta, now a museum.