Hammonia
Sign in to saveright|thumb|Mosaic of Hammonia over the main entrance of Hamburg Rathaus Hammonia is the female personification of Hamburg.
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- Hammonia in art
- Hammonia in literature and music
- Hammonia in sculpture
- Hammonia class ships
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right|thumb|Mosaic of Hammonia over the main entrance of Hamburg Rathaus Hammonia is the female personification of Hamburg.
The figure of Hammonia as symbol of Hamburg first appears in art and literature in the 18th century. Up until the Protestant Reformation, the city's patroness had been the Virgin Mary.
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