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King Neptune is a large bronze statue located in Virginia Beach, Virginia designed by Paul DiPasquale. It stands at the entrance of Neptune Park on the Virginia Beach Boardwalk at 31st Street, and depicts the mythological god Neptune. [1] The sculpture weighs 12.5 tons [2] and is 34 feet (10 m) [1] [2] tall.
The statue was dedicated on September 30, 2005 during the Neptune Festival Boardwalk weekend. [3] The Boardwalk Weekend includes the International Sandsculpting Championship, [4] Art & Craft Show, [5] food, and live music. It also includes a surfing contest, a foot race, a volleyball tournament, and a parade. [6]
The boardwalk extends along the coast of the Monterey Bay, from just east of the Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf to the mouth of the San Lorenzo River.At the western edge of the park lies a large building originally known as The Plunge, now Neptune's Kingdom, a pirate-themed recreation center which contains a video arcade and an indoor miniature golf course.
The Neptunalia was an obscure archaic two-day festival in honor of Neptune as god of waters, celebrated at Rome in the heat and drought of summer, probably 23 July (Varro, De lingua Latina vi.19). [1] It was one of the dies comitiales, when committees of citizens could vote on civil or criminal matters.
Fiesta Bay Boardwalk: A Go Kart track. Extra Charge: Slingshot 2013 2023 Funtime: Fiesta Bay Boardwalk: A 181 feet (55 m) tall Slingshot. From 2013 to 2019, the extra charge attraction used to be located where Daredevil Dive: Flying Machines currently is. It was relocated later to Fiesta Bay Boardwalk. Soaring Eagle Zipline 2015 2023 Soaring ...
Lauren Hallgring, an 8th grade social studies teacher who received the American Civic Education Teacher Award for 2024, talks about the award and her class curriculum at Neptune Middle School in ...
The Boardwalk at Lady Bird Lake is a boardwalk along Lady Bird Lake in Austin, Texas, United States. Construction on the $28 million project was completed during October 2012 – June 2014. Artist Ken Little's art installation Belting It Out was commissioned for the boardwalk and features 36 cast bronze belts displaying lyrics by Texas singers ...
Gordon Independent School District is a public school district based in Gordon, Texas (USA). Located in Palo Pinto County, the district serves the city of Mingus and extends into a small portion of northern Erath County. Gordon ISD was rated Exemplary by the Texas Education Agency in 2009 making it the only K-12 district in the county with the ...