Tuesday 1 December 2009

Brussels Spouts

A bit of a cheaty title as one is from Leuven! But irrestistable, as is Jeanneke Pis, who was created by Denis-Adrien Debrouvrie allegedly under the instigation of Belgian feminists in the 1980s. It's a shame she has to be behind a cage up a blind alley (called the Impass de la Fidelite or Fidelity Alley)...
My search for websites featuring Jeanneke turned up this one, with another little-known peeing statue (as well as the well-known one... )

Over in Leuven The 'Fountain of Wisdom' seems wonderfully ironic for a city which has the largest and oldest university on the low countries. Or maybe I'm just cynial about education!

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