It is also the site of Victorias Milling Company, the world's largest integrated sugar mill,[6] sitting on a 7,000 hectares (17,000 acres) compound that makes it the Philippine's largest sugar refinery.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Victorias City
IFI Mission Church of St. Andrew the Apostle
Our Lady of Victory Parish Church
St. Joseph the Worker Chapel
Within the Victorias Milling Company's complex is the St. Joseph the Worker Chapel, a masterpiece considered the first example of modern sacral architecture in the Philippines[20] and raised to the status of Important Cultural Property by the National Museum of the Philippines in 2015. The chapel was designed by the famous Czech Architect Antonín Raymond.[5]
Its mural of the Angry Christ was painted by international artist Alfonso Ossorio.[5] The mural has been featured in various publications such as Life Magazine. Its fierce, vivid colors gave the church its most known name, the "Angry Christ Church".[5]
Festivals
The city celebrates the annual Kadalag-an Festival, a charter anniversary held on March 21, and the annual Malihaw Festival on April 26.
The city also celebrates the Kalamayan Festival every December. The word "Kalamayan" depicts what Victorias is known for, its “kalamay” or refined sugar and its sugar industry, the Victorias Milling Company.
Alfonso A. Ossorio - Filipino-American abstract expressionist artist; though born in Manila in 1916 to a Negros Occidental family, his Angry Christ Mural is connected to Victorias City[5]
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^ a b c d e"Inside the church with an angry-looking Christ". RAPPLER. November 1, 2019. Retrieved February 15, 2023.
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