Neptune Fountain

The Neptune Fountain in was built in 1891 and was designed by Reinhold Begas. The Roman god Neptune is in the center. The four women around him represent the four main rivers of Prussia at the time the fountain was constructed: the , Rhine, , and .
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  • Type: Body of water
  • Description: fountain in Berlin, Germany
  • Also known as: “Neptunbrunnen”
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Fernsehturm Berlin and Saint Mary’s Church.

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The Fernsehturm in central was constructed between 1965 and 1969 by the government of the German Democratic Republic as both a functional broadcasting facility and a symbol of communist power. is situated 220 metres northeast of Neptune Fountain.

Church
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St. Mary's Church, known in German as the Marienkirche or St.-Marien-Kirche, is a church in , . It is located on Karl-Liebknecht-Straße in central Berlin, near . is situated 110 metres north of Neptune Fountain.

Museum
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The St. Nikolai-Kirche, is the oldest church in , the capital of Germany. The church is located in the eastern part of central Berlin, the borough of . is situated 310 metres south of Neptune Fountain.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Alt-Berlin and Mitte.

Locality
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, also spelled Altberlin, is a neighborhood, situated in the locality of , part of the . In the 13th century it was the sister town of the old Cölln, located on the northern Island in the Margraviate of Brandenburg.

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, literally meaning "the middle" and being a contraction of Stadtmitte, contains the historical heart of Berlin and represents in many ways the real centre of the city.

Neighborhood
is a neighborhood of in the centre of . It is situated to the north of the medieval Altberlin area, east of the Rosenthaler Straße and .

Neptune Fountain

Latitude
52.5196° or 52° 31′ 11″ north
Longitude
13.40684° or 13° 24′ 25″ east
Open location code
9F4MGC94+RP
Open­Street­Map ID
way 23813204
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­fountain
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q650657
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Ukrainian—“Neptune Fountain” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Նեպտունի շատրվան (Բեռլին)”
  • Armenian: “Նեպտունի շատրվան”
  • Belarusian: “Фантан Няптун”
  • Catalan: “Font de Neptú”
  • Chinese: “海神噴泉”
  • Danish: “Neptunbrunnen”
  • Dutch: “Neptunbrunnen”
  • Dutch: “Neptunusfontein (Berlijn)”
  • Dutch: “Neptunusfontein”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “نيبتونبرونين”
  • Finnish: “Neptunbrunnen”
  • French: “fontaine de Neptune (Berlin)”
  • French: “Fontaine de Neptune”
  • German: “Begasbrunnen”
  • German: “For(c)kenbecken”
  • German: “Neptunbrunnen”
  • German: “Schlossbrunnen”
  • Hebrew: “מזרקת נפטון (ברלין)”
  • Hebrew: “מזרקת נפטון”
  • Italian: “Fontana del Nettuno”
  • Italian: “Fontana di Nettuno”
  • Korean: “넵투누스 분수”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Neptunbrønnen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Neptunbrunnen”
  • Norwegian: “Neptunbrønnen”
  • Polish: “Fontanna Neptuna w Berlinie”
  • Russian: “Нептун”
  • Russian: “Фонтан Нептун”
  • Russian: “Фонтан Нептуна”
  • Spanish: “Fuente de Neptuno”
  • Spanish: “Neptunbrunnen”
  • Swedish: “Neptunbrunnen”
  • Turkish: “Neptün Çeşmesi (Berlin)”
  • Turkish: “Neptün Çeşmesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Нептун”

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