The Fountain of Neptune (Spanish: Fuente de Neptuno) is installed in Mexico City's Alameda Central, in Mexico.[1] The fountain has a bronze sculpture depicting Neptune, the Roman God of the sea.[2]
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![]() The fountain in 2018 | |
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Location | Mexico City, Mexico |
19°26′8″N 99°8′42″W / 19.43556°N 99.14500°W |
It was made in 1856 by Vital Gabriel Dubray[3][4]
, and cast in iron by the french company Val d'Osne . Originally destined for a high-class restaurant, it was placed in Alameda Central in 1889.Identical sculptures are placed in the towns of Clermont-Ferrand, Ghisoni and Sète, France [5][6][7] and in the Flora Botanical Garden in Cologne, Germany.[8]
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