The bronze Neptune with his trident on top of the fountain, against a blue sky and the battlements of Palazzo Re Enzo.

Free entry

Fountain of Neptune

The Fountain of Neptune stands in Piazza del Nettuno beside Piazza Maggiore. Designed by the architect Tommaso Laureti from 1563, it is crowned by a bronze Neptune by Giambologna completed around 1566, above four Nereids and cherubs holding dolphins; the trident in the Maserati emblem is based on it.

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