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The Ruins: An old and ancestral mansion

By: Raynier Dominic G. Rivera

The Ruins-it’s the place that you shouldn’t miss in Negros City. The ruins located in the city of Negros is a known tourist attraction. Best historical architectures because is a fourth class city in the Negros Occidental, Philippines. Part of the metropolitan area called Metro Bacolod, includes the neighbors, Silay to north and south of Bacolod. But they would be quick to add that the province is also rich in Philippine culture.

In instant you will the beauty of the place and have the eco-friendly when you look around the place. Famous and they said that you called the Ruins as the Taj Mahal of the Philippines. Why? Because of very interesting framework from outside, it’s compared to the landmark in Agra, India since the story behind the mansion was built is similar to that Taj Mahal.  When you mention the foods in Ruins that comes to mind for many Filipinos like as is delicious food. Cheap and locals love to eat in here.

The Ruins is exactly that of old mansion. In early 1900’s, Don Mariano Ledesma Lacson is a Spanish-Filipino sugar baron. Built the mansion for his Portuguese wife. In 1920 by Don Mariano in loving memory was built of his deceased wife Maria. But not until the eve of the World War II that it was burned down by the recruited guerrilla soldier so that it will not be used as headquarters by the Japanese forces.

If you’re wondering the mansion looks like then I will provide you the picture at the side of my article for you to see the Ruins of an old mansion. I proceeded in front of the façade of the mansion and spent a minute just staring at it. It was outstanding by the minute. Impressive architecture and surrounding landscape gardens.

The "skeletal" remains of a magnificent structure built out of love for a woman, then ordered to be razed by fire out of love for our country. A lots of history that they will tell you about the ruins. The best enjoyed during dusk. Not just the ruins of an old mansion you will see. Also the beautiful sunset at the side. A Historical Place for the tourist too.

This is the drama part of the ruins, if you stay a little bit more until the night you catch the mansion in its mystic glow bathe with lights and over. You can do the things inside the Ruins which is meaningful and beautiful mansion. Many ways to enjoy it like look around the remains of the mansion long enough, just imagine how it used to look an old mansion. But despite it having no walls or roof. The ruins still stand proud.