Neptune fountain in Florence, Italy
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Neptune fountain in Florence, Italy
The Neptune Fountain (Italian: Fontana del Nettuno) is a fountain in the Piazza della Signoria in front of the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence. The image is of marble and bronze and is 560 centimeters tall.The fountain is made from 1560 to 1575 by Bartolomeo Ammannati on the occasion of the wedding of Francesco de Medici with Archduchess Johanna of Austria in 1565. It was a contest won Ammanati with its design. As an example of his fountain he took the Neptune Fountain of Montorsoli he had made in 1575. In the middle is a copy of the marble statue of Neptune with the face of Cosimo I de Medici. Around it are bronze statues of river gods, Satyrs and marble horses. The fountain is made in the style of Mannerism
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