4/5 Robert L. 5 years ago on Google
This
is
the
location
of
the
southern
fortifications
wall
of
Roman
city
Emona,
nowadays
Ljubljana,
capital
of
Slovenia.
In
the
1920s
the
city
authorities
wanted
to
remove
the
ruins,
but
the
most
famous
Slovenian
arhitect
Jože
Plečnik
the
architect
of
this
city
quarter's
renovation
-
and
conservator
France
Stele
-
project
initiator
-
managed
to
change
their
minds.
The
wall
was
renovated
and
changed
a
bit
with
the
addition
of
a
pyramid
and
columns
at
the
south
city
gate.
Emona
was
built
between
the
years
35
bc
and
14-15
ad
when
these
fortifications
were
finished.
To
those
uneducated
the
walls
might
seem
not
significant
because
the
conditions
of
it
not
being
destroyed
were
to
lay
it
in
the
city
plans
in
such
a
ways
that
it
would
not
obstruct
the
traffic
and
city
development
and
growth
in
any
kind.
So
it
is
'put'
in
this
surrounding
in
most
in
kind
of
a
'hidden
from
a
view'
way...
There
are
to
gateways,
the
east
one
is
exactly
the
original
main
south
gateway
of
Emona
and
is
decorated
with
columns
added
by
Plečnik,
they
were
not
there
originally.
Between
them
is
a
pyramid,
which
is
interesting,
but
a
kind
of
a
mistake
of
Plečnik,
because
pyramids
were
not
really
a
Roman
thing,
but
Plečnik
liked
them.
The
small
park
running
along
the
walls
was
also
planned
by
plečnik.
It's
quite
nice,
because
in
half
of
a
minute
you
can
hide
away
from
the
main
streets
and
hot
summer
sun
to
a
quite
place,
sit
down
and
relax.
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