Neptune the God/Neptune the Planet - Munich, Germany
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A statue of the god Neptune is part of the Neptunbrunnen (English: Neptune Fountain) located in the Old Botanical Garden in Munich, Germany. Neptune, the eighth and farthest planet from the Sun in the Solar System, has been named after him.
Waymark Code: WMMJQ9
Location: Bayern, Germany
Date Posted: 09/29/2014
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ABOUT THE FOUNTAIN:
"Neptune fountain (Neptunusbrunnen), from 1937 by Joseph Wackerle and Oswald Bieber, is located in front of Justizpalast, as part of the Alter Botanischer Garten. Highlights in the fountain include a trident carrying Neptune, ancient Roman god of the sea, with a cloak on his shoulders, as well as a horse figure that has just brought its rider to the water's surface."
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ABOUT THE GOD NEPTUNE:
"Neptune (Latin: Neptunus) was the Roman god of freshwater and the sea in Roman religion. He is the counterpart of the Greek god Poseidon. In the Greek-influenced tradition, Neptune was the brother of Jupiter and Pluto, each of them presiding over the realms of Heaven, our earthly world, and the Underworld, respectively. Salacia was his consort.
Depictions of Neptune in Roman mosaics, especially those of North Africa, are influenced by Hellenistic conventions. Neptune was likely associated with fresh water springs before the sea. Like Poseidon, Neptune was worshipped by the Romans also as a god of horses, under the name Neptunus Equester, a patron of horse-racing."
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ABOUT THE PLANET NEPTUNE:
"Neptune is the eighth and farthest planet from the Sun in the Solar System. It is the fourth-largest planet by diameter and the third-largest by mass. Among the gaseous planets in the Solar System, Neptune is the most dense. Neptune is 17 times the mass of Earth and is slightly more massive than its near-twin Uranus, which is 15 times the mass of Earth but not as dense. Neptune orbits the Sun at an average distance of 30.1 astronomical units. Named after the Roman god of the sea, its astronomical symbol is ?, a stylised version of the god Neptune's trident."
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