The Ruins - Talisay City, Negros Occidental, Philippines - Aerial View

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 mansion's design drew inspiration from the European architecture of the time, particularly the Italianate style, with its neoclassical columns and intricate ornamentation. The result was a stunning fusion of art and architecture, a manifestation of Don Mariano's devotion to his beloved Maria.