Hacienda Rosalia

Hacienda Rosalia
	Gaston Mansion
Established	1930
Location	Manapla, Negros Occidental, Philippines
Coordinates	10°54′43″N123°08′47″E / 10.9120°N 123.1464°E Coordinates: 10°54′43″N123°08′47″E / 10.9120°N 123.1464°E
Type	Local museum, ancestral house
Owner	Jose Gaston
Website	https://www.facebook.com/pages/Gaston-Mansion-Hacienda-Sta-Rosalia-Manapla/341788559245577
Building details
Alternative names	The Chapel of the Cartwheels, Gaston Mansion
General information
Status	Complete
Type	House
Architectural style	Victorian architecture
Town or city	Manapla Negros Occidental
Country	Philippines
Current tenants	Msgr. Guillermo “Gigi” Gaston
Construction started	1930s

Last updated April 05, 2019

Hacienda Rosalia, also known as Hacienda Santa Rosalia, is a compound where the ancestral home mansion of Gaston family and the Church of Cartwheels are located. It is situated in Manapla, Negros Occidental, Philippines. The mansion was built in 1930s.

Manapla Municipality of the Philippines in the province of Negros Occidental

Manapla, officially the Municipality of Manapla, is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Negros Occidental, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 54,845 people.

Negros Occidental, also known as Occidental Negros or Western Negros, is a province located in the region of Western Visayas, in the Philippines. It occupies the northwestern half of the large island of Negros, and borders Negros Oriental, which comprises the southeastern half. Known as the "Sugarbowl of the Philippines", Negros Occidental produces more than half the nation's sugar output.

The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. Situated in the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of about 7,641 islands that are categorized broadly under three main geographical divisions from north to south: Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. The capital city of the Philippines is Manila and the most populous city is Quezon City, both part of Metro Manila. Bounded by the South China Sea on the west, the Philippine Sea on the east and the Celebes Sea on the southwest, the Philippines shares maritime borders with Taiwan to the north, Vietnam to the west, Palau to the east, and Malaysia and Indonesia to the south.

History

Hacienda Santa Rosalia is a sugar plantation owned by Jose Gaston, one of the sons of Victor Gaston, a sugar planter of Negros.^[1] He was married to Consuelo Azcona and had 8 children. The Gaston Mansion was built in the 1930s. It is set in lush, verdant and gorgeous garden of flowers, shrubs, trees, potted palms and herbs. Within the grounds are a fresh water swimming pool (used as hiding place during World War II), a Victorian fountain, a basketball court, a windmill, and a time-worn shoe house (which was used before as a playground).^[2] The Chapel of the Cartwheels is also situated a few meters away from the ancestral home. The Gaston family originated from the Frenchman Yves Leopold Germain Gaston. He is credited as the first to commercially produce cane sugar, the primary product of the province.

Media

Hacienda Rosalia is also been used as a setting and location shoot for films most notable of which is the 1981 epic Oro, Plata, Mata .^[1]

Oro, Plata, Mata is a 1982 Filipino film directed by Peque Gallaga, from a screenplay written by José Javier Reyes. The film is considered to be Gallaga's most significant contribution to the Philippine cinema. Set in the Philippine province of Negros during World War II, it tells the story of how two haciendero families cope with the changes brought about by the war. In translation, the movie is also known either as "Gold, Silver, Bad Luck" or "Gold, Silver, Death."

House of Gaston

The house of Yves Leopold Germain Gaston's eldest son Victor in Silay City is now a museum open to the public and is officially called the Balay Negrense (Hiligaynon, "The Negrense House").

A museum is an institution that cares for (conserves) a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance. Many public museums make these items available for public viewing through exhibits that may be permanent or temporary. The largest museums are located in major cities throughout the world, while thousands of local museums exist in smaller cities, towns and rural areas. Museums have varying aims, ranging from serving researchers and specialists to serving the general public. The goal of serving researchers is increasingly shifting to serving the general public.

The Balay Negrense, also known as Victor Fernandez Gaston Ancestral House is a museum in Silay City, Negros Occidental in the Philippines, showcasing the lifestyle of a late 19th-century Negrense sugar baron. It is notable for being the first museum to be established in the province of Negros Occidental.

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References

1 2 Tejero, C.C. (25 December 2016). "The story of Negros laid bare in the ancestral houses of Bacolod and environs". Philippine Daily Inquirer . Retrieved 10 May 2017.
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[inq-1] 1 2 Tejero, C.C. (25 December 2016). "The story of Negros laid bare in the ancestral houses of Bacolod and environs". Philippine Daily Inquirer . Retrieved 10 May 2017.

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