Manneken Pis

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bronze statue fountain landmark tourist attraction

Manneken Pis is a small bronze statue and fountain of a urinating boy in Brussels, serving as one of the city’s most iconic and humorous landmarks.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bronze statue → fountain → landmark → tourist attraction →
category	Fountains in Belgium → Outdoor sculptures in Brussels → Tourist attractions in Brussels →
costumesDisplayedAt	GardeRobe MannekenPis museum →
country	Belgium →
creationDate	1619 →
culturalSignificance	symbol of Belgian humor → symbol of Brussels →
damagedIn	1817 vandalism incident →
depicts	urinating boy →
depictsSex	male →
designer	Hiëronymus Duquesnoy the Elder →
function	ornamental sculpture → public fountain →
hasCollection	wardrobe of costumes →
hasReplica	Bucharest → Colmar → Geraardsbergen → Tokyo → other cities worldwide →
height	about 55 cm →
heightInInches	about 21.7 inches →
inaugurationDate	1619 →
languageOfName	Dutch → French →
locatedAtStreet	Rue de l’Étuve / Stoofstraat →
locatedIn	Brussels-Capital Region → City of Brussels →
locatedNear	Grand Place, Brussels →
location	Brussels →
material	bronze →
museum	GardeRobe MannekenPis →
nameInDutch	Manneken Pis →
nameInFrench	Manneken Pis →
nearbyAttraction	Grand Place, Brussels →
numberOfCostumes	over 1000 →
ownedBy	City of Brussels →
restoredAfter	1817 vandalism incident →
sculptor	Hiëronymus Duquesnoy the Elder →
style	Baroque →
subjectOf	many postcards → souvenirs → tourist photographs →
tradition	dressing the statue in costumes → occasionally dispensing beer or other drinks during events →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Brussels →	isFamousFor
Manneken Pis ("GardeRobe MannekenPis") →	museum
Manneken Pis →	nameInDutch
Manneken Pis →	nameInFrench