Ljubljanica Sluice Gate
Stone river barrier with Egyptian-style pylons and dragon-headed vessels, its mechanism hidden.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the Ljubljanica Sluice Gate in Ljubljana starts with one strange carved object on a pillar and follows it back to Jože Plečnik, the architect who reshaped the city along its river between the wars. It touches the war years when the gate went up and the builder who put it there, and asks why a piece of flood engineering was dressed up like a monument. Stand on the embankment facing the pillars, where you can hear the water.
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