Manneken Pis

Manneken Pis is a landmark 55.5 cm bronze fountain sculpture in central , Belgium, depicting a puer mingens: a nude boy urinating into the fountain's basin.
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Artwork type: statue
  • Description: bronze sculpture and fountain by Jérôme Duquesnoy the Elder in Brussels, Belgium
  • Also known as: “Ketje of Brussels”, “Little Julian”, “Little Man Pee”, “Little Man Piss”, “Little Peeing Man”, “Little Pissing Man”, and “Manneken Pis of Brussels”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Grand Place and Brussels Town Hall.

Square
Photo: Celuici, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The or Grote Markt is the central square of , Belgium. It is surrounded by opulent Baroque guildhalls of the former Guilds of Brussels and two larger edifices: the city's Flamboyant , and the neo-Gothic or Bread House building, housing the . is situated 260 metres northeast of Manneken Pis.

Town hall
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The Town Hall of the is a landmark building and the seat of that municipality of , Belgium. It is located on the south side of the , opposite the neo-Gothic or Bread House building, housing the . is situated 210 metres northeast of Manneken Pis.

Museum
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, formerly known as the Museum of Cocoa and Chocolate, is a privately owned museum in central , Belgium, dedicated to chocolate and cocoa products.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Saint James‘ Quarter and Pentagon.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Photo: Hullie, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is the historical center of . It derives its name from the pentagonal shape of the inner beltway that surrounds the area. The of Brussels encompasses many charming and beautiful attractions, with deeply ornate buildings on the Grand-Place/Grote Markt, and a fish-and-crustacean overdose of St.

Photo: Hullie, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is the historic of , including the world's most beautiful town square, the Grand-Place which is listed as UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Manneken Pis

Latitude
50.84499° or 50° 50′ 42″ north
Longitude
4.34999° or 4° 21′ east
Elevation
31 metres (102 feet)
Inception
1619
Open location code
9F26R8VX+XX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 240866019
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­statue
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
artwork_type=­statue
Geo­Names ID
6948629
Wiki­data ID
Q152072
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Manneken Pis” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Manneken Pis”
  • Arabic: “مانيكن بيس”
  • Armenian: “Միզող տղա”
  • Asturian: “Manneken Pis”
  • Azerbaijani: “Sidiyə gedən kiçik oğlan”
  • Basque: “Manneken Pis”
  • Belarusian: “Хлопчык, які спраўляе”
  • Bosnian: “Manneken Pis”
  • Breton: “Manneken Pis”
  • Bulgarian: “Манекен Пис”
  • Catalan: “Manneken Pis”
  • Cebuano: “Manneken Pis”
  • Central Bikol: “Manneken Pis”
  • Chinese: “小于廉”
  • Chinese: “小于连”
  • Chinese: “尿尿小童”
  • Chinese: “屙尿細路”
  • Chinese: “撒尿小童像”
  • Croatian: “Manneken Pis”
  • Czech: “Čurající chlapeček”
  • Czech: “Manneken Pis”
  • Danish: “Manneken Pis”
  • Dutch: “‘t Manneken”
  • Dutch: “Brussels ketje”
  • Dutch: “Juliaantje”
  • Dutch: “Manneken Pis van Brussel”
  • Dutch: “Manneken Pis”
  • Dutch: “Manneken-Pis”
  • Dutch: “Menneke Pis”
  • Dutch: “Menneken Pis”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “تمثال مانيكين بيس”
  • Esperanto: “Manneken Pis”
  • Esperanto: “Pisanta Vireto”
  • Estonian: “Manneken Pis”
  • Estonian: “Pissiv poiss”
  • Estonian: “Pissiv Poiss”
  • Finnish: “Manneken Pis”
  • French: “Ketje de Bruxelles”
  • French: “Manneken Pis”
  • French: “Manneken-Pis de Bruxelles”
  • French: “Manneken-Pis”
  • French: “Petit homme qui pisse”
  • French: “Petit Julien”
  • Galician: “Manneken Pis”
  • German: “Manneken Pis”
  • German: “Männeken Pis”
  • German: “Männeken Piss”
  • German: “Petit Julien”
  • Greek: “Μάνεκεν Πις”
  • Hebrew: “הילד המשתין”
  • Hebrew: “מאניקן פיס”
  • Hebrew: “מאנקן פיס”
  • Hebrew: “מניקן פיס”
  • Hebrew: “מנקן פיס”
  • Hebrew: “פסל הילד המשתין”
  • Hungarian: “Manneken Pis”
  • Ido: “Manneken pis”
  • Indonesian: “Manneken Pis”
  • Italian: “Manneken Pis”
  • Italian: “Manneken-Pis”
  • Japanese: “小便小僧”
  • Kazakh: “Маннекен Пис”
  • Kölsch: “Manneken Pis”
  • Komi: “Маннекен Пис”
  • Korean: “오줌싸개 동상”
  • Korean: “오줌싸개 소년”
  • Latin: “Manneken Pis”
  • Latin: “Manneken-Pis”
  • Latin: “Mannekepis”
  • Latin: “Virulus Mingens”
  • Latvian: “Čurājošais puisēns”
  • Latvian: “Manneken Pis”
  • Limburgan: “Manneken Pis”
  • Limburgan: “Manneken-Pis”
  • Lingala: “Manneken Pis”
  • Luxembourgish: “Manneken Pis”
  • Macedonian: “Манекен Пис”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Manenken pis”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Manneken Pis”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Manneken Pis”
  • Norwegian: “Manneken Pis”
  • Persian: “مانکن پیس”
  • Picard: “Manneken Pis”
  • Picard: “Manneken-Pis”
  • Polish: “Maneken Pis”
  • Polish: “Manneken pis”
  • Polish: “Manneken Pis”
  • Polish: “Siusiający chłopiec”
  • Portuguese: “Manneken Pis”
  • Romanian: “Manneken Pis”
  • Romanian: “Menneken Pis”
  • Russian: “Манекен Пис”
  • Russian: “Маникен Пис”
  • Russian: “Маннекен Пис”
  • Russian: “Писающий мальчик”
  • Scots: “Manneken Pis”
  • Serbian: “Манекен Пис”
  • Slovenian: “Manneken Pis”
  • Spanish: “Ketje de Bruselas”
  • Spanish: “Manneken Pis”
  • Spanish: “Niño meón”
  • Swedish: “Manneken Pis”
  • Tamil: “சிறுநீர் பெய்யும் சிறுவன்”
  • Thai: “Manneken Pis”
  • Thai: “มันเนอเกินปิส”
  • Turkish: “Manneken Pis”
  • Ukrainian: “Маннекен Піс”
  • Ukrainian: “Пісяючий хлопчик”
  • Ukrainian: “Хлопчик-дзюркунчик”
  • Vietnamese: “Manneken Pis”
  • Vlaams: “Manneken Pis”
  • Vlaams: “Manneken-Pis”
  • Võro: “Kussõi tsurakõnõ”
  • Walloon: “Manneken Pis”
  • Walloon: “Manneken-Pis”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Manneken Pis”
  • Wu Chinese: “小于连”
  • Yue Chinese: “屙尿細路”
  • “Kussõi tsurakõnõ”
  • “Manneken Pis”

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