Cankarjevo nabrežje
Riverside promenade of cafés linking two old bridges, its side lanes named for medieval trades.
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This guide walks the Cankar Embankment in Ljubljana, the stretch of the Ljubljanica between the Triple Bridge and the Cobblers' Bridge, and asks who used to work here. It reaches back to a medieval wooden bridge, its tenants and its toll, and to the lanes of tailors, locksmiths and fishmongers that open off the bank. Best heard standing by the Cobblers' Bridge, facing downstream.
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