Fountain Neptune Berlin
Description:
Neptunbrunnen is located in the center of Berlin between the Marienkirche Church and the Red Town Hall. It is one of the oldest and most beautiful fountains in the city.
The fountain owes its appearance to the great Karl Friedrich Schinkel, who proposed to erect a monumental fountain on the then Palace Square in front of the City Palace. The implementation of this idea was undertaken by the young sculptor Reinhold Begas, inspired by a trip to Italy. He created several versions of the fountain, and only the last of them, which later brought the author world fame, was approved in 1888. For some time, the fountain even bore the name of its author.
The fountain was presented to Kaiser Wilhelm II by the magistrate of Berlin and was inaugurated on 1 November 1891.
After the demolition of the City Palace destroyed in the Second World War in 1951, the fountain was sent for storage. The sculptures were seriously damaged by shells and were restored in the art casting workshop in Lauchhammer. In 1969, the Neptune Fountain was installed on a free platform in a new location.