Known more as the brains behind the march from Bago City towards the San Sebastian Cathedral on November 5, 1898, General Juan Anacleto Torres Araneta loved the soil as much as his country. His affinity for farming brought unexpected color to his bucolic existence. Tan Juan, as the general was fondly called, had gone into […]
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General Aniceto Lacson (April 7, 1857 – February 3, 1931) the Talisay-based sugar baron and revolutionary leader had his mansion built in 1880 as an hacienda house in Matab-ang. It is an impressive balay na bato with its own chapel and mirador, and it is the only house in the Philippines with a wrap-around volada […]
