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The Havis Amanda Fountain with a bronze statue of the naked nymph is located at Kauppatori (Market) Square. The bronze statue were created in 1908 by Ville Vallgren, Finnish sculptor, who lived in Paris. Havis Amanda is one of Vallgren's Parisian Art Nouveau works. The legend says, that she is a mermaid, rising from the water with four fish spouting water at her feet and surrounded by four sea lions. Vallgren wanted to symbolize the rebirth of Helsinki. The height of the statue is 194 centimetres. According to the letters of the sculptor the model for the statue was Marcelle Delquini, a 19-year-old Parisian girl. The figure is a real (but still unofficial) symbol of Helsinki.
Artist: Dennis G. Jarvis. License: CC BY-SA 2.0. Source
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