Sugar Cultural Landscape of Negros and Panay Islands
The Negros Occidental properties for the World Heritage bid of the Sugar Cultural Landscape of Negros and Panay Islands were launched recently in Bacolod City. The Sugar Cultural Landscape of Negros and Panay Islands showcases the legacy of the sugar industry brought by the industrialization of sugar production in the late 18th century, such as mills, factories, plantations, buildings, and mansions, that reflect the social and economic dynamics of the late Spanish-colonial and American-colonial eras. The mills of Hawaiian-Philippine Company and Victorias are still existing and representative of the industrialization of sugar production, including the communities established therein. Hacienda Rosalia is exceptional as an example of a working hacienda and its mansion, while the houses of the Historic Center of Silay, the Aniceto Lacson Ancestral Mansion, and Balay ni Tana Dicang capture in an urban setting the wealth and history of the region. While these sites on Negros embody the
