One of the scant survivors of the Roman town of Emona which once stood on the present site of Ljubljana, the Roman Wall complex runs for two blocks along Mirje street at what was the southern side of the fortification. Built between 14 and 15 AD, the wall measures 2.4 metres wide and from 6 [...]
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Roman Wall – Ljubljana
15 Comments CherryPie on Feb 8th 2016
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The Boat Ljubljanica
The main purpose of the boat is the transport of passengers and boat rides for tourists. Given the design of the main part of the boat, which measures 30m2, the latter can be used and adjusted for different activities.
Basic Data:
Type: boat with flat bottom construction, made of solid larch and oak wood
Length: 10 m
Width: 4,4 m
Capacity: 48+2
Weight (without passengers): 7500kg
Weight [...]
16 Comments CherryPie on Feb 4th 2016
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The Cobbler’s Bridge
The Cobbler’s Bridge was probably the oldest bridge of medieval Ljubljana. It connected the banks of the Ljubljanica between Tranča and the present Jurčičev trg (Jurčič square). The old wooden bridge, which was probably partly a drawbridge, was set up in the 13th century. Soon shacks were set up on it. As shoemakers had [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Feb 3rd 2016
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The Triple Bridge
If the capital city has one immediately recognizable landmark, it is probably the Triple Bridge, the three-lane crossing designed in 1929 by the city’s most prolific architect, Joze Plecnik. Faced with the problem of how to widen the city’s main crossing point to accommodate increasing traffic levels, Plecnik decided to retain the 19th-century bridge in [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Feb 1st 2016
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The Dragon Bridge
Located just beyond the market’s eastern boundary the Dragon Bridge was the first major Art Nouveau project to be built in the city. Designed by the architect Jurij Zaninovic, it was built in 1901 to mark the 60th birthday of Austro-Hungarian Emperor Franz Josef I. The bridge gets its name from the bronze dragons that [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Jan 29th 2016
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Be Afraid…
…there be Dragons!!
12 Comments CherryPie on Jan 28th 2016
