Fountain of Neptune, Mexico City

Fountain and sculpture in Mexico City, Mexico

Fountain of Neptune
The fountain in 2018

Location	Mexico City, Mexico
Coordinates	19°26′8″N 99°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. The fountain has a bronze sculpture depicting Neptune, the Roman God of the sea.

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.

Identical sculptures are placed in the towns of Clermont-Ferrand, Ghisoni and Sète, France and in the Flora Botanical Garden in Cologne, Germany.

References

"Public Sculpture: The Gods of Mexico City". MXCity. 2015-03-10. Retrieved 2018-12-18.
Travel, D. K. (2012-08-01). Top 10 Mexico City. Penguin. ISBN 9780756694562.
Grissom, C.A. (2009). Zinc Sculpture in America, 1850-1950. University of Delaware Press. p. 291. ISBN 978-0-87413-031-7. Retrieved 2024-06-26.
Oriana, JC (August 2020). "Las fuentes escultóricas de la Alameda Central" [The sculpture fountains of Alameda Central] (PDF). Km Cero (in Spanish). No. 139. Mexico City: Mexico City Government. Retrieved 2024-06-26.
"File:Fontaine Nepture (Clermont-Ferrand).jpg". Wikimedia Commons. 2018-03-08. Retrieved 2024-06-26.
"Category:Fontaine de Neptune de Ghisoni". Wikimedia Commons. 2021-05-22. Retrieved 2024-06-26.
"Category:Neptune by Gabriel-Vital Dubray (Sète)". Wikimedia Commons. 2021-05-22. Retrieved 2024-06-26.
"Category:Neptune by Gabriel-Vital Dubray (Köln)". Wikimedia Commons. 2021-05-22. Retrieved 2024-06-26.

External links

Media related to Fountain of Neptune (Mexico City) at Wikimedia Commons

Public art in Mexico City

Murals
Day and Night Still Life Sueño de una Tarde Dominical en la Alameda Central The History of Mexico

Sculptures and monuments

Alameda Central	Beethoven Monument Benito Juárez Hemicycle Fountain of Mercury Fountain of Neptune Fountain of Venus Fountain of Virgin Gladiador frigio Gladiador romano La Primavera Las Danaides Malgré Tout Statue of Alexander von Humboldt
Paseo de la Reforma	Angel of Independence Antimonumenta Vivas Nos Queremos Diana the Huntress Fountain El Ángel de la Seguridad Social El Caballito Estela de Luz Fuente de la República How Doth the Little Crocodile Monument to Christopher Columbus† Monument to Cuauhtémoc Mustafa Kemal Atatürk Monument Puerta 1808 Rescatemos a David y Miguel Statue of Heydar Aliyev† The Young Woman of Amajac
Related	Tlalli

Key: † No longer extant or on public display

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