The ''Fuente de los Niños Traviesos'' (), colloquially known as the ''Fuente de los Niños Miones'' (), is a fountain with sculptures of boys in
Guadalajara
Guadalajara ( , ) is a metropolis in western Mexico and the capital of the list of states of Mexico, state of Jalisco. According to the 2020 census, the city has a population of 1,385,629 people, making it the 7th largest city by population in Me ...
, in the Mexican state of
Jalisco
Jalisco (, , ; Nahuatl: Xalixco), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Jalisco ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Jalisco ; Nahuatl: Tlahtohcayotl Xalixco), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Federal En ...
.
History
In 2012, one of the children was stolen, but it was recovered promptly. On 15 May 2020, the fountain was vandalized again after a person stole one of the sculptures. The responsible was arrested days later and said he attempted to sell it as scrap.
See also
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List of depictions of urine in art
Depictions of urine in art include:
* ''Bad Bad Boy'', Helsinki, Finland
* ''Fideicommissum'', Wanås, Sweden
* ''Fuente de los Niños Miones'', Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
* ''Het Zinneke'', Brussels, Belgium
* '' To Pee in Public or Private S ...
* ''
Manneken Pis
''Manneken Pis'' (; ) is a landmark bronze fountain sculpture in central Brussels, Belgium, depicting a puer mingens; a naked little boy urinating into the fountain's basin. Though its existence is attested as early as the 15th century, it wa ...
'', a fountain in Brussels, Belgium
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''Piss'' (Černý), Prague
References
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1982 sculptures
Fountains in Mexico
Outdoor sculptures in Guadalajara
Sculptures of children in Mexico
Statues in Jalisco
Vandalized works of art in Mexico
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