Capitol Park and Lagoon

Capitol Park and Lagoon
Capitol Park and Lagoon is located in Philippines
Capitol Park and Lagoon
TypePark and Man-made Lagoon
LocationBacolod, Negros Occidental
Coordinates10°40′34″N 122°57′06″E / 10.676207°N 122.95166°E / 10.676207; 122.95166
Area3 hectare
Operated byNegros Occidental Provincial Government
OpenAll year

The Capitol Park and Lagoon is a provincial park located in Bacolod, Negros Occidental, in the Philippines. One of the features of the park are matching sculptures depicting a woman standing alongside a water buffalo and that of a man pulling another water buffalo. These sculptures are located at the northern and southern ends of the lagoon. These figures were executed by Italian sculpture Francesco Riccardo Monti who also did the sculptures of the Metropolitan Manila Theater and the University of the Philippines - Visayas Iloilo campus. Guillermo Tolentino also contributed as a sculptor of the figures.