St. James's Bridge
St. James's Bridge (Slovene: Šentjakobski most) in Ljubljana is a bridge that crosses the Ljubljanica River on the southern end of downtown Ljubljana, next to . It links (Zoisova cesta) and (Karlovška cesta). The most important city traffic artery across the Ljubljanica runs across it.[1]
A wooden bridge was constructed at this place in 1824, later than other bridges of the period, and for a long time it was therefore called the New Bridge (German: Neue Brücke). In 1915, it was replaced by a reinforced concrete corbel bridge by the engineer and the architect Alfred Keller. It was described by the art historian Damjan Prelovšek as a "monumental neo-Biedermeier architectural language of late-Secession Vienna."[2]
Since 1954, there has been a plaque with an inscription on the bridge about a 15th-century town watermill, which caused damage to farmers and was destroyed in the 1515 peasant revolt.[3] Four bronze relief plaques depicting scenes from The Water Man, a Ljubljana-related Romantic ballad by the poet France Prešeren, were intended to be put on the fence of the bridge.[4] However, this has been never realised.[5]
References[]
- ^ Habič, Marko (1997). "Šentjakobski most" [St. James's Bridge]. Prestolnica Ljubljana nekoč in danes [A Pictorial Chronicle of a Capital City]. Geopedia.si. National Publishing House of Slovenia. ISBN 86-341-2007-4.
- ^ "Šentjakobski most" [Šentjakob Bridge]. Ljubljana Tourism. Retrieved 25 May 2012.
- ^ Bric, Renato (28 March 2008). "Med mostovi slovenske prestolnice" [Among the Bridges of the Slovene Capital]. MMC RTV Slovenija (in Slovenian).
- ^ Dobida, Karel (1936). "In memoriam S.M. Peruzzi". Ljubljanski zvon. 56 (8). ISSN 1408-5909.
- ^ Meze (11 January 1983). "Nedokončani most" [Unfinished Bridge]. Naša komuna - delegatska priloga. 20 (1). p. 489.
External links[]
- Media related to St. James's Bridge at Wikimedia Commons
Coordinates: 46°2′45.13″N 14°30′20.12″E / 46.0458694°N 14.5055889°E
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- Road bridges in Slovenia
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