Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel de Cartago cathedral, cathedral in Cartago, Valle del Cauca, Colombia

Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cathedral stands at the corner of Carrera 5 and Calle 14 in Cartago, Valle del Cauca, two blocks from Parque de Bolívar. Its most notable feature is a bell tower separated by twenty meters from the church, topped by a working giant clock and the tallest structure in the city. The neoclassical church has a Greek-cross plan, three naves, and a main altar, and it replicates the Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary of Pompeii.

The present church was built from 1944 on plans by Calero and Mier brought from Italy, promoted by priest Hernando Botero O'byrne. In 1962 Pope John XXIII created the Diocese of Cartago and named José Gabriel Calderón Contreras its bishop. The building was damaged by an earthquake in 1999 and later restored.

The cathedral is named after Our Lady of Mount Carmel, a Marian title with deep roots in Latin American Catholicism. During religious feasts, the square in front fills with people from the town and nearby villages who gather for processions and open-air prayers.

The cathedral stands directly on Cartago's central plaza, making it easy to reach on foot from most parts of the town center. Visiting outside of scheduled mass times gives you more space to look around inside without disrupting ongoing services.

The bell tower stands about twenty metres from the church, connected only by a low structure, and it holds a working oversized clock. It is the tallest structure in Cartago. The cathedral also has its own cemetery and an ossuary crypt holding the remains of the city's religious community.