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was reported as stolen in the night of 11 March 2007, but a quick investigation revealed that it had been taken away for repairs by local residents who own the statue after vandals had tried to rip it out with force. Frantzen repaired the slightly damaged statue, which was reinstalled in its original
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was struck by a car, and its two legs were broken. During its restoration by the sculptor, an explanatory note was attached on site. On 24 September 2015, the sculpture was placed back in its usual place.
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is a nickname chosen to represent a person from Brussels who was not born there (the opposite of
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for a native local). The word means "mutt" or "bastard" in
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Tom Frantzen
Bronze
City of Brussels
Coordinates
50°50′56″N 4°20′44″E / 50.848772°N 4.345585°E / 50.848772; 4.345585
Brusselian dialect
Manneken Pis
bronze
Brussels
Tom Frantzen
dog urinating
bollard
Jeanneke Pis
zwanze
City of Brussels
Brusselian dialect
Lesser Senne
Senne
city walls
covering of the Senne
Tom Frantzen
Molenbeek-Saint-Jean
L'Envol
Manneken Pis
Jeanneke Pis
Belgium portal
Zinneke Parade
Bronze Zinneke
List of depictions of urine in art

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