LJUBLJANA DRAGON
06 March
The symbol of Ljubljana is the Ljubljana dragon and is also
depicted on the coat of arms of the City of Ljubljana. One of the bridges in
Ljubljana and a popular tourist spot is the Dragon bridge which has 4 Dragons
on each side guarding the bridge.
The Ljubljana dragon has it's origins in the legend of Jason
and the Argonauts. It is commonly said or believed that a Greek hero Jason and
the Argonauts passed through this lands on one of their journeys. When they
came to what is now Ljubjana, the Argonauts came across a large lake with
marshes alongside which was home of a large dragon, which Jason killed after a
heroic struggle.
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