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| Keywords: Dragon Bridge (Zmajski Most) (11992450283).jpg The Dragon Bridge Slovene Zmajski most historically also Zmajev most is a road bridge located in Ljubljana the capital of Slovenia It crosses the Ljubljanica River between Kopitar Street Kopitarjeva ulica and Ressel Street Resljeva cesta to the north of the Ljubljana Central Market at Vodnik Square It was built in the beginning of the 20th century when Ljubljana was part of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy 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 It is intended primarily for motorised traffic Legend There is a legend that Jason was the founder of Ljubljana and he and his Argonauts killed a dragon This is one of the four dragon statues in the bridge According to local legends when a virgin crosses the bridge the dragons will wag their tails Some local people have nicknamed this structure mother-in-law because of its fiery nature Wikipedia org http //www flickr com/photos/jlascar/11992450283/ Dragon Bridge Zmajski Most 2012-08-16 07 31 http //www flickr com/people/8721758 N06 Jorge Láscar from Australia 46 051976 14 510385 source Flickr Photography cc-by-2 0 Jorge Lascar http //flickr com/photos/8721758 N06/11992450283 2014-04-02 06 51 48 cc-by-2 0 Artwork PD-old-70-1923 Photographs by Jorge Lascar Files uploaded by Russavia Dragon Bridge Ljubljana | ||||
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