Fountain of Venus explained

Fountain of Venus
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City:Mexico City, Mexico
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The fountain of Venus (Spanish: Spanish; Castilian: Fuente de Venus) is installed in Mexico City's Alameda Central, in Mexico.[1]

It was gifted to Maximilian in 1866 by its author, Mathurin Moreau.[2] [3] An identical statue is placed in the town of Limoux, France.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Alameda Central de la Ciudad de México. www.alamedacentral.cdmx.gob.mx. 2018-12-18. 2018-06-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20180628175758/http://www.alamedacentral.cdmx.gob.mx/historia.html. dead.
  2. Book: Peláez, T.M. . Biblioteca Manuel Arango Arias . Album la capital de México, 1876-1900 . Universidad Iberoamericana . 2000 . 978-968-859-337-0 . Spanish . 2024-06-26 . 63.
  3. Oriana . JC . August 2020 . 139 . Las fuentes escultóricas de la Alameda Central . The scuplture fountains of Alameda Central . Spanish . Km Cero . Mexico City . Mexico City Government . PDF . 2024-06-26.
  4. Web site: Category:Fontaine de Vénus (Limoux) . Wikimedia Commons . 2024-06-24 . 2024-06-26.