Fountain of Neptune, Mexico City

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Fountain of Neptune
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The fountain in 2018
Fountain of Neptune, Mexico City
Location Mexico City, Mexico
Coordinates 19°26′8″N99°8′42″W / 19.43556°N 99.14500°W / 19.43556; -99.14500

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]

It was made in 1856 by Vital Gabriel Dubray  [ fr ], and cast in iron by the french company Val d'Osne  [ fr ]. 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]

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