Fountain of Neptune
The Fountain of Neptune is a monumental fountain, located in Municipio square, in Naples, Italy. The fountain until the end of 2014 was located across the street of via Medina across from the church of Santa Maria Incoronata, Naples and a few doors south of the church complex of Pieta di Turchini.Photo: Baku, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Fountain
- Description: fountain in Naples, Italy
- Also known as: “Fountain of Neptune, Naples”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Teatro di San Carlo and Galleria Umberto I.
Teatro di San Carlo
Theater building
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Real Teatro di San Carlo, as originally named by the Bourbon monarchy but today known simply as the Teatro San Carlo, is a historic opera house in Naples, Italy, connected to the Royal Palace and adjacent to the Piazza del Plebiscito. Teatro di San Carlo is situated 330 metres south of Fountain of Neptune.
Galleria Umberto I
Shopping center
Photo: MiguelHermoso, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Galleria Umberto I is a public shopping gallery in Naples, southern Italy. It is located directly across from the San Carlo opera house. It was built between 1887 and 1890, and was the cornerstone in the decades-long rebuilding of Naples—called the risanamento —that lasted until World War I. Galleria Umberto I is situated 240 metres southwest of Fountain of Neptune.
Palace of the Bank of Italy
Public building
Photo: Pinotto992, CC BY-SA 3.0 it.
The Palace of the Bank of Italy is a twentieth century monumental building in central Naples, Italy located in Via Cervantes.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Quartieri Spagnoli and Porto.
Quartieri Spagnoli
Neighborhood
Porto
Suburb
Photo: lance mountain, CC BY 2.0.
Porto is one of the thirty quarters of the city of Naples. It covers 1.14 square kilometres, and as of 2009, had 5738 inhabitants. Porto is in the 2nd municipality subdivision, adjacent to the main passenger and freight terminals of the Port of Naples, in the historic part of the city.
San Giuseppe
Suburb
San Giuseppe is a quartiere or neighbourhood of Naples, southern Italy, which includes many of the points of interest on the western side of the historic centre of the city, including the square and church of Gesù Nuovo, the buildings along via Benedetto Croce and the square, Piazza San Domenico Maggiore.
Fountain of Neptune
Latitude
40.84009° or 40° 50′ 24″ northLongitude
14.25129° or 14° 15′ 5″ eastOpen location code
8FGPR7R2+2GOpenStreetMap ID
way 248001418OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=fountainWikidata ID
Q834138
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Fountain of Neptune” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “海神喷泉”
- Croatian: “Neptunova fontana, Napulj”
- Croatian: “Neptunova fontana”
- Dutch: “Fountain of Neptune”
- French: “fontaine de Neptune”
- French: “Fontaine de Neptune”
- German: “Neptunbrunnen”
- Hungarian: “Fontana del Nettuno”
- Italian: “Fontana del Nettuno”
- Russian: “фонтан Нептуна”
- Spanish: “Fuente de Neptuno”
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