Fuente de los Niños Miones

The Fuente de los Niños Traviesos (lit. transl. Fountain of the Playful Children), colloquially known as the Fuente de los Niños Miones (lit. transl. Fountain of the Pissing Children), is a fountain with sculptures of boys in Guadalajara, in the Mexican state of Jalisco.[1]

Fuente de los Niños Miones
The fountain in 2009
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ArtistMiguel Miramontes
Year1982
LocationGuadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Coordinates20°40′36.2″N 103°20′34.6″W / 20.676722°N 103.342944°W / 20.676722; -103.342944

History

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In 2012, one of the children was stolen, but it was recovered promptly.[2] On 15 May 2020, the fountain was vandalized again after a person stole one of the sculptures.[3] The responsible was arrested days later and said he attempted to sell it as scrap.[4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Fuente de los niños traviesos, un paseo obligado en la Plaza Tapatía". Expansión (in Spanish). 9 May 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  2. ^ "A ocho años, roban de nuevo escultura del "niño meón" en Guadalajara". Informador.mx (in Spanish). 15 May 2020. Archived from the original on 31 May 2020. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  3. ^ Barajas, Diana (15 May 2020). "Roban escultura de fuente de los "niños miones" en Guadalajara". Milenio (in Spanish). Guadalajara. Archived from the original on 19 October 2020. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  4. ^ Escamilla, Héctor (20 May 2020). "A prisión individuo que se robó estatua de la fuente de 'Los Niños Miones' de Guadalajara". Publimetro (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 September 2021.
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