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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.
Mar 14, 2024 · Formally known as the Taj Mahal of the Philippines, The Ruins is a beautiful old mansion situated in Talisay, just outside Bacolod City.
Situated on a vast 440-hectare sugar plantation in Talisay, Negros Occidental, the Lacson Ruins was the ancestral mansion of Don Mariano Lacson, a wealthy sugar businessman of the prominent Lacson clan. It was constructed in the early 1900s in memory of his late wife, Maria Braga Lacson, who died while giving birth to their eighth child.
On the way to The Ruins was the most stunning and picturesque views of the province, the farms of sugar cane stretched for miles and before even arriving it feels like you are being transported into past filled with heritage and culture.
Sep 28, 2013 · The Ruins in Talisay City, Philippines, is a must-visit attraction for history buffs and architecture enthusiasts. The mansion was built in the early 1900s by Don Mariano Ledesma Lacson, a sugarcane baron, and his wife, Maria Braga Lacson.
On the way to The Ruins was the most stunning and picturesque views of the province, the farms of sugar cane stretched for miles and before even arriving it feels like you are being transported into past filled with heritage and culture.
Jan 26, 2018 · Touring the Ruins in Talisay, Bacolod City will include a look back of the rich and colorful history of the place through the humorous tour guides known throughout the city.
Sep 14, 2017 · The Ruins, as it is popularly known today, has been hailed as “one of the 12 most fascinating ruins of the world”, “one of the best landmarks in the Philippines”, and “the Taj Mahal of Negros”.
Jul 9, 2011 · 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.
It is the remains of the ancestral home mansion of the family of Don Mariano Ledesma Lacson and his wife Cora Maria Osorio Rosa-Braga Lacson. It is nicknamed as the Taj Mahal of Negros because of its history of love and tragedy that is similar to that of the Taj Mahal.
