Ljubljana

	Story shot in June 2009
	It's correct to say that Ljubljana was almost completely built by Jože Plečnik. Slovenia's most eminent architect started his career in Vienna, then followed more then ten years of very successful work in Prague, Czechoslovakia. Plečnik returned to his native city as a world-renowned architect and immediately received from local authorities a carte blanche for almost anyone of his projects. As a result the capital of Slovenia changed from a provincial remote place into a pearl of world architecture. 1. Secession Dragon Bridge is one of the main symbols of Ljubljana. 2. Market place in Ljubljana. 3. Embankment of the Ljubljanica River. 4. Yellow shutter. 5. Ljubljana's babushkas prefer two-wheeled vehicles. 6. Tromostovje or the Triple Bridge by Jože Plečnik. 7. Detail of the Ljubljanica Sluice Gate by Jože Plečnik. 8. Funeral procession passing an entrance gate of the Žale Cemetery by Jože Plečnik. 9. Faculty of Architecture the Ljubljana University where Jože Plečnik taught. 10. Marian Column by Jože Plečnik. 11. National and University Library by Jože Plečnik. 12. Unrealized project of the Cathedral of Freedom by Jože Plečnik was depicted on Slovenian euro coins. 13. Portrait of Jože Plečnik in a window of his house museum in the Ljubljana suburb of Trnovo. 14. Obelisk by Jože Plečnik on Pogacarjev trg. 15. Lantern in front of the Church of St. Francis of Assisi by Jože Plečnik. 16. According a local legend bronze dragons will wag their tails when a virgin crosses the Dragon bridge. 17. Ljubljana suburb. 18. Bled Lake near Ljubljana.
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