Manneken Pis - Brussels, Belgium - Philatelic Photographs on Waymarking.com

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"Manneken Pis...(literally Little Man Pee in Marols, a Dutch dialect spoken in Brussels, also known in French as le Petit Julien), is a famous Brussels landmark. It is a small bronze fountain sculpture depicting a naked little boy urinating into the fountain's basin. It was designed by Jerome Duquesnoy and put in place in 1618 or 1619. It bears a similar cultural significance as Copenhagen's Little Mermaid...
The famous statue is located at the junction of Rue de l'Étuve/Stoofstraat and Rue du Chêne/Eikstraat. To find it, one takes the left lane next to the Brussels Town Hall from the famous Grand Place and walks a few hundred metres to arrive at the spot. The statue will be on the left corner...
The 61 cm tall bronze statue on the corner of Rue de l'Etuve and Rue des Grands Carmes was made in 1619 by Brussels sculptor Hieronimus Duquesnoy. The figure has been repeatedly stolen; the current statue is a copy from 1965. The original is kept at the Maison du Roi/Broodhuis on the Grand Place.

There are several legends behind this statue, but the most famous is the one about Duke Godfrey III of Leuven. In 1142, the troops of this two-year-old lord were battling against the troops of the Berthouts, the lords of Grimbergen, in Ransbeke (now Neder-over-Heembeek). The troops put the infant lord in a basket and hung the basket in a tree to encourage them. From there, the boy urinated on the troops of the Berthouts, who eventually lost the battle."

The Belgian stamp, issued in 1992 has a 15 Belgian Franc value and depicts an engraving of the fountain. See (visit link)

Note that the statue is periodically clothed in different costumes. The photo of the statue posted with this waymark was taken in October 2011 and shows the statue dressed as a janitor.

Stamp Issuing Country: Belgium Date of Issue: 1992 Denomination: 15 Belgian Francs Color: mostly white Stamp Type: Single Stamp Relevant Web Site: [Web Link]

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