Dragon Bridge | |
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| Coordinates | 46°03′07″N 14°30′36″E / 46.052°N 14.51°E |
| Crosses | Ljubljanica River |
| Locale | Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Arch bridge |
| Longest span | 33.34 metres (109.4 ft) |
| History | |
| Opened | 1901 |
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The Dragon Bridge (Slovene: Zmajski most, historically also Zmajev most)[1] is a road bridge located in Ljubljana,[2] the capital of Slovenia. It crosses the Ljubljanica River.[3][4] between Kopitar Street (Kopitarjeva ulica) and Ressel Street (Resljeva cesta),[5] to the north of the Ljubljana Central Market at Vodnik Square.[6] It was built in the beginning of the 20th century, when Ljubljana was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. As one of the best examples of reinforced concrete bridges and of the Vienna Secession style, the bridge is today protected as a technical monument.[7] It is intended primarily for motorised traffic.
- ^ Potočnik, A. (June 1927). "Ljubljana: b) Ljubljanski mostovi". Zvonček. 28 (10): 229. ISSN 1855-7287.
- ^ Zmajski most at Structurae
- ^ The Dragon Bridge, the city's official tourist site.
- ^ Ljubljana – A lively city, safe under the wings of a dragon Archived 2008-04-10 at the Wayback Machine International Associations of Business Communicators (IABC)
- ^ "Kako so Ljubljančani pospravili za Habsburžani in se prikupili novim oblastnikom" [How the Residents of Ljubljana Cleaned After the Habsburgs and Won the New Authority Over]. MMC RTV Slovenija. RTV Slovenija. 10 March 2012.
- ^ Fallon, Steve (2010). Slovenia (6th ed.). Lonely Planet. p. 76. ISBN 9781741048575.
- ^ Humar, Gorazd (September 2001). "World Famous Arch Bridges in Slovenia: The Dragon Bridge in Ljubljana (1901)". In Charles Abdunur (ed.). Arch'01: troisième Conférence internationale sur les ponts en arc Paris. Paris: Presses des Ponts. pp. 124–125. ISBN 2-85978-347-4.