Dragon Bridge (Ljubljana)

The bridge was originally named The Jubilee Bridge of the Emperor Franz Josef I (, Slovene: ). In July 1919, it was renamed to Dragon Bridge. ==History==

before 1882 The bridge was built as part of a wider urban renovation of the town during the administration of the mayor Ivan Hribar. The new bridge was constructed upon the plans of Vienna company Pittel+Brausewetter based on a patent by Austrian engineer Josef Melan and the design by the company's architect , the graduate of Otto Wagner's school. The works started on 1 July 1900 and were at first led by Austrian engineer Alexander Zabokrzycky, assisted by Filip Supančič from Ljubljana. After a dispute, the works were in April 1901 taken over by the architect Ciril Metod Koch, also from Ljubljana. The bridge was solemnly opened for traffic on 4 October 1901 by , the Bishop of Ljubljana, in the presence of many distinguished guests, including Zaninović, Melan and Brausewetter. and its centenary was celebrated in 2001. ==Architecture==

The Dragon Bridge, although significantly modelled after the Nußdorf weir, which is now a symbol of the city. In addition, the bridge is decorated by sixteen smaller dragon statues. ==Legend==

There is a legend that Jason was the founder of Ljubljana, and he and his Argonauts killed a dragon.{{cite book ==References==