The four dragons
Green copper wings on the corners.
AnonymousUnknown author — Public domain · Thomas Ledl — CC BY-SA 4.0 · Jakub Hałun — CC BY 4.0 · Thomas Ledl — CC BY-SA 4.0
From the Jason legend in its marshes and from St George, patron of the castle chapel; the dragon is on the flag, the crest and even the manhole covers.
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The city's emblem on four legs: the Dragon Bridge (1901) was the city's first reinforced-concrete bridge and among Europe's earliest, in Vienna Secession style with green copper — and on its corners four copper dragons with spread wings became Ljubljana's crest: legend says Jason and the Argonauts slew a dragon in the city's marshes, and the city adopted killer and killed alike. The folk tale: the dragons wag their tails when a virgin crosses — and the city has laughed at it for a century. The bridge stands at the edge of the central market over the Ljubljanica river, the classic photo from the eastern bank or from the neighbouring Butchers' Bridge with its padlocks. Minutes suffice, but it is the natural start of the riverside walk: market, then Butchers' Bridge, then the Triple Bridge and Prešeren Square.
Green copper wings on the corners.
Next door with love locks and sculptures.
Resljeva cesta, Ljubljana