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Fountain and sculpture in Mexico City

The fountain of Venus (Spanish: Fuente de Venus) is installed in Mexico City's Alameda Central, in Mexico.

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

References

"Alameda Central de la Ciudad de México". www.alamedacentral.cdmx.gob.mx. Archived from the original on 2018-06-28. Retrieved 2018-12-18.
Peláez, T.M.; Biblioteca Manuel Arango Arias (2000). Album la capital de México, 1876-1900 (in Spanish). Universidad Iberoamericana. p. 63. ISBN 978-968-859-337-0. Retrieved 2024-06-26.
Oriana, JC (August 2020). "Las fuentes escultóricas de la Alameda Central" [The scuplture fountains of Alameda Central] (PDF). Km Cero (in Spanish). No. 139. Mexico City: Mexico City Government. Retrieved 2024-06-26.
"Category:Fontaine de Vénus (Limoux)". Wikimedia Commons. 2024-06-24. Retrieved 2024-06-26.

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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