Crissot Memorial Bust, Bacolor
Bust of Juan Crisostomo Soto, Crissot, the Bacolor writer who launched the golden age of Kapampangan literature.
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Overview
Juan Crisostomo Soto (1867 to 1918), known by his pen name Crissot, was a poet, playwright, novelist, journalist and revolutionary from Bacolor whose zarzuelas began the golden age of Kapampangan literature. Funds raised from his works paid for a memorial bust by the Quiapo sculptor Eulogio Velarde Garcia. It was the first landmark to be seen again after lahar buried the town in 1995.
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