Cascade du Pissou, Waterfall in Belledonne Mountains, France

The Cascade du Pissou is a multi-tiered waterfall in the Belledonne Mountains of the French Alps. The water tumbles over granite formations in a series of cascades and pools as it descends through the valley.

The waterfall's name comes from the shape of its rock, which resembles a small child urinating. The painter Juan Romano Chucalesco used the cascade as a model for his painting "Excrétion d'homme". It is said that the knight Bayard refreshed himself here before the Battle of Fornoue in 1495.

The name comes from the rock's shape, which, seen closely, resembles a small child urinating. The painter Juan Romano Chucalesco used the cascade as the model for his painting "Excrétion d'homme". The stream is the Bréda, which joins the Isère at Pontcharra.

The hike starts in the hamlet of La Martinette, at an altitude of 1,074 m, and reaches the waterfall at 1,200 m in about 45 minutes. The waymarked path presents no particular difficulties.

The waterfall's name comes from its rock: seen from the right angle, the flow resembles a small child urinating. The painter Juan Romano Chucalesco used the cascade as the model for his painting "Excrétion d'homme".