BACOLOD CITY is one of the best destinations in the Philippines. Great food, peaceful and serene community, easy access to basic needs, hospitable people and much more to mention. It was well-known to be the City of Smiles where you can see people around you smiling. Bacolod City is most well-known for three things — sweets, chicken inasal, and Masskara Festival.
One early morning, my colleagues and I decided to roam around the city without knowing where to go exactly. So first, we headed to Talisay City which is 15 minutes aways from downtown where The Ruins is located.
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| THE RUINS, Talisay City |
The ancestral home mansion of the family of wealthy sugar baron Don Mariano Ledesma Lacson who built it in early 1900s, in memory of his Portuguese wife Maria Braga Lacson who had died during the 11th child birth. It was constructed on a 440-hectare plantation in Talisay City, Negros Occidental. It was burnt down by the American colonial masters during the World War II to prevent its use as military office by the invading Japanese forces. It burnt for 3 days to its current empty cement shell.
