Escuela Catolica

Escuela Catolica Front-Right View

When I read the really old carved sign on the roof of the structure, “Escuela Catolica”, what first came to my mind was perhaps this was a school where children go to, to learn Catholicism. I’m pretty sure a lot of people would think so too. 

But as I read the sign in front of the place, and talked to one of the residents of the nearby houses, I learned that it was originally built as a dorm for children learning to receive their first communion in 1940. Later on, it was also used for religious teachings. I wasn’t totally wrong with my first impression, though. It was used, at one time, as a school.

The infrastructure looked a bit Spanish at one glance, but when you study the materials they used to build it, you would think otherwise. It looks more like an American infrastructure because they used wood from the ground floor to the second floor.

Today, the residents use the Escuela Catolica as meeting place, or a conference venue, for various religious groups of the Parish.

I wanted to enter the building, but there was no caretaker in the vicinity so I made do with what I could.

This is the left side view of the Escuela Catolica.

In front of the Escuela Catolica is the El Gran Baluarte. What did this infrastructure serve as? Read here.