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Fountain of Neptune
- When to go
- Check opening hours before you go
Tickets and prices
- Admission
- exterior only
as of 5 Nov
Getting there
- Getting there
- BARDI · bus C1, C3, C4 · 400 mSANTA MARIA SOPRARNO · bus C1, C3, C4 · 400 mBORGO SAN IACOPO · bus C1, C3, C4 · 450 m
About
The Fountain of Neptune (Italian: Fontana del Nettuno) is situated in the Piazza della Signoria in Florence, Italy, near the northwest corner of the Palazzo Vecchio. It was commissioned by Cosimo I de' Medici in 1559 to celebrate his gift of clean water to the city, and later was appropriated to celebrate the marriage of his son and heir apparent Francesco de' Medici I to Grand Duchess Joanna of Austria. Don Vincenzo Borghini was Cosimo's iconographer and responsible for overseeing the project. The commission was originally granted to Baccio Bandinelli, but after his death in 1560, before the project began, the commission was given to his student Bartolomeo Ammannati. This was the second commission Ammannati received from Cosimo; the first was for the Fountain of Juno celebrating Cosimo's bringing fresh water to the city.
- Built
- 1560Details may vary; check before you go.
- Material
- bronzemarble