THE RUINS

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The Ruins Mansion is a famous tourist destination in Bacolod/Negros. It is the remains of the mansion built by Don Mariano as a testament of his love to Maria Braga.

The Ruins Mansion is also known as the “Taj Mahal” of Negros. Amidst the cruelties of life and World War 2, this testament still stood the test of time.

Thought majestic in their beginning, the love ended up in tragedy when Maria Braga died. The mansion was no longer “built for” but “in memory” of Maria Braga. Read More: https://bryanvillarosa.com/the-ruins/

Photo from: http://katewashere.com/2012/03/07/a-wedding-in-ruins/

In the middle of a vast sugarcane plantation lies a skeletal frame of what used to be a massive family mansion. It may be stripped of what made it an opulent abode, but its size and details give hints of its luxurious past. 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. Read More: https://theculturetrip.com/asia/philippines/articles/the-ruins-a-tragic-filipino-love-story/

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The mansion was built in the early 1900’s by the sugar baron, Don Mariano Ledesma Lacson (1865-1948) and was home to his unmarried children with his first wife, Maria Braga Lacson (+1911), a Portuguese from Macau. The mansion was the largest residential structure ever built at that time and had in it one of the finest furniture, chinaware, and decorative items, as the father of Maria Braga was a captain of a ship that sailed across Europe and Asia and would cart with him these items. One of their daughters maintained a beautiful garden of lilies in and around the 4-tiered fountain fronting the mansion, all brought in from abroad. Read More: http://bacolodtheruins.blogspot.com/