The Neptune Fountain is one of the most recognizable symbols of Gdańsk. It is located in the representative part of the city - in the Long Market, next to the Artus Court - a building that used to be a meeting place for merchants and the centre of social life. Neptune, located on the fountain, faces the tenement houses where Polish kings stayed in Gdańsk. The figure of Neptune reminds of the maritime sources of Gdańsk's wealth and symbolizes the city's relationship with the Baltic Sea. The originator of the creation of the monument was the mayor of the 16th century Gdańsk, Bartłomiej Schachmann. The author of the statue's design is the architect and sculptor - Abraham van den Blocke, and the creation of the figure is probably attributed to the artist from the Flemish region, Piotr Husen. The sculpture was cast in brass in the municipal foundry in Gdańsk around 1615, while the fountain is made of marble. The figure of Neptune was created in accordance with the art of creating ancient sculptures. The dynamic figure of the Neptun, holding a trident in his hand, with a sea horse under his feet, is over 2 m high and weighs 650 kg. A legend is associated with the habit of throwing of gold coins into the fountain by the inhabitants of Gdańsk "for good luck". Once, this fact angered Neptune enough that he struck the collected coins with his trident, smashing them into fine dust. This is how the Gdańsk herbal liqueur Goldwasser was supposed to be created, in which gold flakes float.