Our Lady of Peace Parish Church - La Carlota City

LA CONSOLACION COLLEGE - BACOLOD
SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, FINE ARTS &. INTERIOR DESIGN
OUR LADY OF PEACE PARISH CHURCH - LA CARLOTA CITY

HOA 4 (AR323) COURSEWORK #3
Submitted by:
Braganza, Patricia Sophia M.
Magnaye, Chaelvin B.
Romano, Angeli C.
Tiangson, Christian Joule G.
Tulmo, Ethan James T.
Section: BS ARCH 3B
Submitted to:
Ar. Levi John Cayayan
Name of Church: Our Lady of Peace Parish Church
Location: La Paz Street, La Carlota, Negros Occidental
Orientation: Coordinates: 10°25'33"N, 122°55'19"E (The Church faces
West)
Type: Parish Church
Architectural Style: Romanesque Architecture
Date Start of Construction: 1876
Date Completed: January 23, 1936
Details: (Type of Materials & Style)

● Walls
○ Exterior walls - red brick, concrete, prefabricated sheets,
coral blocks
○ Interior walls - red brick, concrete, coral blocks
● Openings
○ Arched doors (w/ coral stone door casing) – hardwood
○ Arched windows (w/ coral stone window casing) - wood
framing, stained glass
● Roof
○ Gable roof (Main church) – corrugated galvanized iron sheets
○ Dome roof (Bell towers) – galvanized iron sheets
● Floor
○ Ground floor
■ Main flooring (Naves, Aisle, Transepts) – marble tiles
■ Ambulatory & other minor rooms – ceramic/porcelain
tiles
■ Altar & crossing – ornate tiles
○ Second floor
■ Choir – concrete, steel floor plate
■ Access to bell towers – concrete
● Columns
○ Indeterminate columns – coral blocks/stone
○ Corinthian columns – coral blocks/stone
○ Engaged/attached columns (indeterminate) – coral
blocks/stone
● Moldings
○ Capital - coral blocks/stone
○ Pediment (Triangular) - coral blocks/stone
○ Cornice(Crown molding) - wood, bent plain sheets
○ Arch - coral blocks/stone
● Ornaments
○ Corbel - coral blocks/stone
● Altar
○ Fixed altar – wood, concrete
● Belfry
○ Bell towers (octagonal steeples with balustrades) –
concrete, coral blocks/stone
Height of the Church

● 14 meters
● 11.6 m - crossing (interior)
Historical Background of the Church (Research/Interview)
Our Lady of Peace Church is a heritage, colonial-era Marian

church in La Carlota, Negros Occidental, Philippines. It is also
called Simbahan ng La Carlota, Parroquia de Nuestra Señora de La Paz,
or La Carlota Church.
The city of La Carlota was called Simancas in prehistoric times,

named after a legendary inhabitant beloved by his people and who
passed down his name to his children that the place where he lived
soon was named after him. It was inhabited by native aboriginal people
who moved to the hinterlands at the beginning of the Spanish conquest.
Its present-day name is said to have come either from Carlota, a

spouse of certain Spanish Don Enrique known for her charitable works
and generosity, or it was christened by colonizers who professed
loyalty to the Spanish monarchy.
Formerly, it belonged to the municipality of Valladolid but it

ceded together with Pontevedra and San Enrique to form the town of San
Enrique on July 23, 1864. Its population grew from the influx of
Spanish, Chinese, and Filipino migrants attracted to its landlocked,
fecund lands at the foot of the Mt. Kanlaon. Sugar was cultivated as a
cash crop since the time of the colonial period. Thus, it became a
town on October 15, 1869, and was renamed La Carlota by virtue of a
royal decree issued by King Carlos in 1871.
Its church already existed that was made of humble building

materials in 1870, and Augustinian Recollect Fr. Eustaquio Cazcarro
was assigned as its resident priest three years later. Formerly, it
was a visita of Valladolid and then of San Enrique until another royal
decree was passed that transformed the church into a full-fledged
parish on December 4, 1876, and it was placed under the advocation of
Nuestra Señora de la Paz (Our Lady of Peace).
When Fr. Andres Torres was assigned to La Carlota parish in 1877,
he started the building of the stone church made of cut coral blocks
quarried from the island of Guimaras and red bricks sourced from
Silay. Fr. Torres would stay and carry out its construction for two
decades from 1877 to 1888 and then from 1891 to 1898. His work was
disrupted when the Philippine Revolution began, and the church stood
incomplete for years.
The Recollects returned to the parish after the revolution only

to discover that its ownership was assumed by the Philippine
Independent Church, more commonly known as Aglipayan Church. They were
successful in their bid to unseat the Aglipayan religious authorities
and took control again. Construction resumed and was undertaken by Fr.
Leandro Nieto and later by Fr. Santiago Vilda. The colonial-era church
was at last completed and blessed on January 23, 1936.
Historical Background of Alteration of the Church
Over the next fifty years, the church underwent further

modifications until it attained its current form in 1936.
Two square bell towers were added on either side of the main
entrance, bringing the height of the church to an imposing seventy-
five meters. The towers have narrow-arched windows on each level
topped with semi-circular lunettes, echoing the design of the windows
along the aisles. The bells are housed in octagonal domed cupolas that
rise out of enclosed terraces.
The facade was further embellished with symmetrical arrangements

of engaged columns. A forty-meter-wide transept lengthened the nave,
separating it from the semi-circular apse, in which the altar is
enclosed by a portico under a cross vault.
The peripheral aisles now extend beyond the transept to encircle

the chancel, forming a processional ambulatory around the altar.
While much of the flooring has been replaced, if one looks

carefully one can still find some of the original floor tiles, with
their Byzantine geometric motifs, in certain areas of the church.
FACADE
LEFT-SIDE VIEW
RIGHT-SIDE VIEW
TOP VIEW
ADDITIONAL PHOTOS FOR REFERENCE
WALLS
DOORS
WINDOWS
ROOF
FLOOR
COLUMNS
MOLDINGS
ORNAMENTS
ALTAR
BELFRY

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LA CONSOLACION COLLEGE - BACOLOD

SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, FINE ARTS &. INTERIOR DESIGN

OUR LADY OF PEACE PARISH CHURCH - LA CARLOTA CITY

Details: (Type of Materials & Style)

Height of the Church

Historical Background of the Church (Research/Interview)

Our Lady of Peace Church is a heritage, colonial-era Marian

The city of La Carlota was called Simancas in prehistoric times,

Its present-day name is said to have come either from Carlota, a

Formerly, it belonged to the municipality of Valladolid but it

Its church already existed that was made of humble building

The Recollects returned to the parish after the revolution only

Historical Background of Alteration of the Church

Over the next fifty years, the church underwent further

The facade was further embellished with symmetrical arrangements

The peripheral aisles now extend beyond the transept to encircle

While much of the flooring has been replaced, if one looks

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