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Aug 16, 2017 · The Ruins is open to the public from 8:30 am to 8:00 pm daily. The Ruins may also be used for special events such as weddings, family reunions, etc. There are also camping and picnic grounds, bath houses and a pavilion. The Ruins now features a semi-fine dining restaurant offering Mediterranean cuisine and a mini-bar.
Nov 8, 2017 · The youngest of eight siblings from a rich family, Mariano Lacson loved to travel, and in one of his travels to Hong Kong, he met a Portuguese lady named Maria Braga from Macau. Smitten with her, Mariano asked Maria’s father, who was a ship captain, for his daughter’s hand. Due the similarity in their names, Maria’s father believed they ...
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- Don Mariano Ledesma Lacson, a sugar baron, is the original owner of this mansion in Talisay City, Negros Occidental, now famous among tourists as “The Ruins.”
- One of his passions was seeing the world and on one of his travel abroad, he met Maria Braga – a beautiful, young Portuguese lady from Macau – in old Hong Kong.
- They are blessed with 10 children and while Maria was carrying the 11th child, she slipped in the bathroom. Both Maria and the child died. Mariano was devastated and heartbroken – the love of his life gone.
- It was believed that the father of Maria, who is also the Captain of Mariano’s vessel, gave him the design of his own mansion as reference. The mansion was built in the middle of a vast sugarcane field.
Sep 16, 2008 · The Ruins, Talisay City: A Gem from the Ashes. September 16, 2008 By RoxieYap 56 Comments. The Ruins showcases what is left of the Don Mariano Ledesma Lacson ancestral house Home in Talisay City, Negros Occidental. During its heyday, the mansion was the largest residential structure ever built.
Coordinates: 10.7102°N 122.9833°E. The Lacson Ruins are the remains of the ancestral mansion of Don Mariano Ledesma Lacson and Maria Braga Lacson. It is situated in Talisay, Negros Occidental, Philippines. The mansion was built in early 1900s and inspired by Italian architecture. [1] History.
Jul 9, 2011 · History of the Ruins. Constructed in the early 1900s, the Ruins was once a mansion that was said to be the biggest residential structure in the area at the time. Sugar baron Don Mariano Ledesma Lacson had it built in the middle of a sugar plantation for his Portuguese first wife. The architecture is Italianate and its columns neo-Romanesque.
Sep 14, 2013 · Mariano Ledesma Lacson was the youngest of the 8 children of Lucio Lacson and Clara Ledesma from Molo, Iloilo. He was married to Maria Braga, a Portuguese from Macau and they had 10 children including the former governor of Negros Occidental, Rafael Lacson.
