The exterior blends brickwork with tile, limestone, and terra cotta. The building is finished with red pressed brick and white-glazed terra cotta. The first temple was decorated with many terra cotta sculptures. Terra cotta pots are preferable as they are porous. Oil was preserved in terra cotta vases for use later. It features some of the finest stone carvings and terra cotta figures. The reverse of the terra cotta banknote features American robins. The usual drinking vessel was the skyphos, made out of wood, terra cotta, or metal. The fields of architecture, sculpture, terra cotta, and pottery developed greatly in this phase. The end-product is a kind of jelly similar to panna cotta, tapioca, or blancmange. The slow-roasted Piedmontese version is called "coppa cotta". This arrangement was tested when survivors of Pandapatan began building a Cotta at Bacalod. His mother, Aurelia Cotta, came from an influential family. He was very well paid by Johann Friedrich Cotta, the part-proprietor of the "Constitutionnel". Balanghoy Festival is held annually at Cotta area.