The Fuente de los Niños Traviesos (lit. transl. Fountain of the Playful Children), colloquially known as the Fuente de los Niños Miones (lit. transl. Fountain of the Pissing Children), is a fountain with sculptures of boys in Guadalajara, in the Mexican state of Jalisco.[1]
| Fuente de los Niños Miones | |
|---|---|
 The fountain in 2009 | |
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| Artist | Miguel Miramontes |
| Year | 1982 |
| Location | Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico |
| 20°40′36.2″N 103°20′34.6″W / 20.676722°N 103.342944°W | |
History edit
In 2012, one of the children was stolen, but it was recovered promptly.[2] On 15 May 2020, the fountain was vandalized again after a person stole one of the sculptures.[3] The responsible was arrested days later and said he attempted to sell it as scrap.[4]
See also edit
- List of depictions of urine in art
- Manneken Pis, a fountain in Brussels, Belgium
- Piss (Černý), Prague
References edit
- ^ "Fuente de los niños traviesos, un paseo obligado en la Plaza Tapatía". Expansión (in Spanish). 9 May 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
- ^ "A ocho años, roban de nuevo escultura del "niño meón" en Guadalajara". Informador.mx (in Spanish). 15 May 2020. Archived from the original on 31 May 2020. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
- ^ Barajas, Diana (15 May 2020). "Roban escultura de fuente de los "niños miones" en Guadalajara". Milenio (in Spanish). Guadalajara. Archived from the original on 19 October 2020. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
- ^ Escamilla, Héctor (20 May 2020). "A prisión individuo que se robó estatua de la fuente de 'Los Niños Miones' de Guadalajara". Publimetro (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 September 2021.
External links edit
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