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Nov 8, 2017 · It was built by Don Mariano Ledesma Lacson, a sugarcane baron. Built in the 1900s, The Ruins serve as the top attraction of Negros Occidental in the Visayas region of the Philippines. Beyond its aesthetics, it is adored for its tragic history.
History. The Lacson Ruins is the ancestral mansion of the family of wealthy sugar businessman Don Mariano Ledesma Lacson built on a 440 hectare sugar plantation in Talisay, Negros Occidental, in the early 1900s in memory of his Portuguese wife Maria Braga Lacson, who died during the birth of their 8th child. During the Second World War ...
Aug 16, 2017 · The Ruins is an iconic structure found on the island of Negros Occidental in the southern region of The Philippines, The Visayas. Aesthetically the building – or whats left of it – is not only unique to the island but The Philippines as a whole. The unique Italian styling of The Ruins creates an air of romance; this has helped secure it as ...
Sep 16, 2008 · 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. It boasted of its garden of lilies in and around the four-tiered fountain on the mansion’s ...
The Ruins is open from 2 PM to 8 PM from Tuesdays to Thursdays and from 11 PM to 8 PM from Fridays to Saturdays. It is closed on Mondays. It is recommended to visit during the dry season in the Philippines, which usually starts in November and ends around May. The Ruins Mansion is the remains of an ancestral home built in 1920 by a wealthy ...
- The Ruins, Bacolod, Negros Occidental, Philippines
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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 · The entire mansion has a floor area of 900 square meters: 450 upstairs and 450 on the lower ground. It has 10 rooms: 8 rooms for their children, a Master’s bedroom and a family room. Facing the main door, the rooms of the boys were located on the left side and for the girls on same side upstairs.
