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[[File:Ljubljan.jpg|center| | [[File:Ljubljan.jpg|center|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
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===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The dragon has been the symbol of Ljubljana since the Middle Ages. An ancient Greek historian records the story that, on their way to the Adriatic sea, Jason and his Argonauts, laden with the Golden Fleece, had to carry their huge boat across the moors around today's Ljubljana (then Aemona), where they were harrassed by huge crocodiles (or dragons) of some kind. This prototypical crocodile, so the story goes, evolved into the image of a dragon, more to the medieval taste. | The dragon has been the symbol of Ljubljana since the Middle Ages. An ancient Greek historian records the story that, on their way to the Adriatic sea, Jason and his Argonauts, laden with the Golden Fleece, had to carry their huge boat across the moors around today's Ljubljana (then Aemona), where they were harrassed by huge crocodiles (or dragons) of some kind. This prototypical crocodile, so the story goes, evolved into the image of a dragon, more to the medieval taste. | ||
The structure beneath the dragon is the Ljubljana castle, which still stands. | The structure beneath the dragon is the Ljubljana castle, which still stands. | ||
===Image gallery=== | |||
| | <gallery widths=250px heights=200px perrow=0> | ||
File:Ljubljana1500.jpg|alt=Wappen von Ljubljana/Arms (crest) of Ljubljana|The arms around 1500 | |||
File:Ljubljana5.jpg|center|300 px|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms in the 19th century | |||
File:Ljubljana.jpg|center|300 px|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms by Ströhl (1904) | |||
File:Ljubljanaz1.jpg|center|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>Seal from around 1900 | |||
File:Ljubljana.hagyu.jpg|center|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms in the [[Coffee Hag Yugoslavia|Coffee Hag album]] +/- 1932 | |||
File:1451.aba.jpg|300 px|center|Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}/Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms in the [[Abadie]] albums | |||
File:laibach.cva.jpg|center|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms in a [[Continentale Verlags-Anstalt|German album]], +/- 1905 | |||
File:429b.wsa.jpg|center|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms in a [[Wappen-Sammlung Series 2 Cities and regions|German album]], 1910s | |||
File:071.abd.jpg|300 px|center|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms in a [[Abdulla-Wappen der Bekanntesten und Bedeutendsten Ausländischen Hauptstädte|German album]], 1930s | |||
File:Ljubljanam.jpg|center|300 px|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms on a manhole cover | |||
|} | </gallery> | ||
'''[[Literature]]''': http://zeljko-heimer-fame.from.hr; Stanič and Jakopič, 2005 | |||
{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Category:Slovenian Municipalities]] | [[Category:Slovenian Municipalities]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 2005]] | [[Category:Granted 2005]] | ||