Ljubljanica Sluice Gate

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Ljubljanica Sluice Gate (Slovene: Zapornica na Ljubljanici) is a sluice gate and a triumphal arch designed in 1939 by the Slovene architect Jože Plečnik on the Ljubljanica river in Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia.[1] They were envisaged as a a monumental farewell of the river Ljubljanica on its exit from the Ljubljana city centre. They were designed to be used as a footbridge too.[2]

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  1. ^ Plečnik sluice gates. Galeria Sloveniana. Retrieved on 2008-03-23.
  2. ^ Burger, Boštjan. Sluice gates on the Ljubljanica river (Slovene, English). Virtual Museum of Jože Plečnik. Retrieved on 2008-03-23.
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