Neptunbrunnen (Munich)

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Fuente de Neptuno, Antiguo Jardin Botanico, Munich, Alemania, 2015-07-04, DD 12.JPG
Fountain of Neptune at dusk.
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Neptunbrunnen
Year1937 (1937)
SubjectNeptune
LocationMunich
Coordinates 48°08′29″N11°33′55″E / 48.14139°N 11.56528°E / 48.14139; 11.56528

Neptunbrunnen is a fountain located in the Alter Botanischer Garten of Munich, Germany. It was sculpted in 1937 at the behest of the National Socialist government by Josef Wackerle. A muscular statue of neptune stands in the middle of the fountain, holding a trident on his shoulder, above a fish-tailed horse rising from the water.


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