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 the middle, adding two angled side bridges for pedestrians. It was an inspired piece of town planning, turning Presernov trg into the focal point of the city and bringing life to both banks of the river.*

The bridge is embellished with the kind of decorations typical of Plecnik, with stone baubles sprouting from the parapets alongside curvy lampstands tipped with buds of milk-coloured glass. The elegant ballustrades bring a Venetian sense of style to the whole ensemble.*

*From the Eyewitness Guide to Slovenia