Iglesia de la Exaltación, Colonial church in La Paz Department, Bolivia

Iglesia del Señor de la Exaltación is a Catholic church on Avenida Ormachea, between calles 8 and 9 in Obrajes, La Paz. Built from 1942 and inaugurated in 1956, it was designed by architect Hugo López Videla in a neo-Romanesque style, with cut-stone masonry and wooden doors. Its basilical plan has three naves separated by square-section columns with Doric capitals and round arches; the central nave has a barrel vault, the side naves brick groin vaults, and the roofs colonial-style tiles. A bell tower and an oculus stand on the front, and the arched portal has sculpted shafts and composite capitals.

The first church in Obrajes was built in 1803 on land Teresa Villaverde set aside at the Carmelite hacienda. It was renamed Santa Bárbara in the 19th century and collapsed in 1837 after ground subsidence. The parish took the name Señor de la Exaltación in 1928 under the Spanish Passionist fathers, whose first parish priest was Arsenio Sainz Barcenilla. Construction of the present church began in 1942 and it was inaugurated in 1956.

The parish takes its name from the Señor de la Exaltación, one of three Passion images kept here alongside the Señor del Santo Sepulcro and Jesús Nazareno. Each 14 September a folkloric entrada fills Obrajes in the image's honour, and on Good Friday an equestrian procession with torches and lanterns carries the statues through the streets.

The location is accessible by local transportation and offers guided visits that explain the architectural and artistic features. It is advisable to dress warmly due to the high altitude.

The 1956 church, designed by architect Hugo López Videla, is built of cut-stone masonry with wooden doors. Its basilical plan has three naves on square-section columns with Doric capitals; the central nave carries a barrel vault, the side aisles brick groin vaults.