Fountain of Neptune, Mexico City explained

Fountain of Neptune
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Metric Unit:	cm
Imperial Unit:	in
City:	Mexico City, Mexico
Mapframe:	yes
Mapframe-Zoom:	13

The Fountain of Neptune (Spanish: Spanish; Castilian: 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]

It was made in 1856 by, and cast in iron by the french company . Originally destined for a high-class restaurant, it was placed in Alameda Central in 1889.^{[3] [4]}

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]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Public Sculpture: The Gods of Mexico City. 2015-03-10. MXCity. en-US. 2018-12-18.
2. Book: Travel, D. K.. Top 10 Mexico City. 2012-08-01. Penguin. 9780756694562. en.
3. Book: Grissom, C.A. . Zinc Sculpture in America, 1850-1950 . University of Delaware Press . 2009 . 978-0-87413-031-7 . 2024-06-26 . 291.
4. Oriana . JC . August 2020 . 139 . Las fuentes escultóricas de la Alameda Central . The sculpture fountains of Alameda Central . Spanish . Km Cero . Mexico City . Mexico City Government . PDF . 2024-06-26.
5. Web site: File:Fontaine Nepture (Clermont-Ferrand).jpg . Wikimedia Commons . 2018-03-08 . 2024-06-26.
6. Web site: Category:Fontaine de Neptune de Ghisoni . Wikimedia Commons . 2021-05-22 . 2024-06-26.
7. Web site: Category:Neptune by Gabriel-Vital Dubray (Sète) . Wikimedia Commons . 2021-05-22 . 2024-06-26.
8. Web site: Category:Neptune by Gabriel-Vital Dubray (Köln) . Wikimedia Commons . 2021-05-22 . 2024-06-26.