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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.
- 440 hectares (1,100 acres)
- Italian architecture
- Early 1900
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.
Aug 16, 2017 · The Ruins origins date back to the early 20th century. Sugar baron Don Mariano Ledesma Lacson built the ten bedroom Italianate mansion on his sugar plantation in memory of his wife Maria Braga, who had died during the pregnancy of their 11th child. The building became the residence of Don Mariano and his unmarried children.
Sep 16, 2008 · The Ruins in Talisay City, Negros Occidental showcases what is left of the mansion that Don Mariano Ledesma Lacson built for his wife Maria Braga.
The Ruins. The Ruins Mansion is the remains of an ancestral home built in 1920 by a wealthy sugar baron named Don Mariano Ledesma Lacson. Don Mariano constructed the mansion as a testament of his love for his Portuguese wife, Cora Maria Osorio Rosa-Braga, after she passed away in 1911.
- The Ruins, Bacolod, Negros Occidental, Philippines
THE HISTORY OF THE RUINS | NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, PHILIPPINES. One common misconception about The Ruins Mansion is that it's located in Bacolod. It's actually situated in the neighboring city of ...
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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.