municipality of Škofja loka . Škofja loka

MUNICIPALITY OF ŠKOFJA LOKAwww.skofjaloka.si

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SLOVENIASLOVENIA

The territory of Slovenia is divided into four basic types of landscapes:

• Alpine in the north

• Mediterranean in the south-west

• Dinaric in the south• Pannonian in the east.

SLOVENIASLOVENIASource: Geographic Institute (ZRC-SAZU)Source: Geographic Institute (ZRC-SAZU)

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Ljubljana is the capital of Slovenia. It has many important Baroque and Vienna Secession buildings, with several important works of the native born architect Jose Plecnik.

More than 28 million visitors have visited the Cave of Postojna, while a 15-minute ride from it is the Skocjan Caves, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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Other attractions include the Julian mount with picturesque Lake Bled and the Sosa Valley; it is as well as the nation's highest peak, Mount Triglav (2864 m).

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Airports close to Škofja Loka Ljubljana / Brnik, 15.1 km away.

Klagenfurt / Austria (61.9km)Trieste / Italy (87.1km)Portoroz / Slovenia (108.9km)Rijeka / Croatia (124.6km)

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The thousand-year-old city by the confluence of the two Sora rivers in the heart of the Škofja Loka hills

• is the economic,

• administrative and

• cultural center of the region

22.000 inhabitants

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Visitors will find many impressive sights:• the Škofja Loka castle• the old town hall, the Žigon house• the Špital house • Kašča (the Garner)• the Capuchin bridge.

Today, the castle houses the collections of the city museum where the historical, cultural, artistic, ethnological and natural wonders of the area can be admired.

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In the surrounding area: Crngrob (Lady Day's Church)

The village is known mostly for its pilgrimage church, one of the most beautiful examples of Gothic

architecture in Slovenia. Its front is embellished with exceptionally preserved frescoes from the 15th century.

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In the surrounding area:

the Tavčar homestead at Visoko

Visoko is a settlement in the Municipality of Škofja Loka – very known writer and politician Ivan Tavčar and his best known work

The Visoko Chronicles.

PARTNER TOWNSPARTNER TOWNS

Austria / Sele na Koroškem – 1972

Serbia / Smederevska Palanka - 1973

Italia / Medicina - 1974

Savogna d’Isonzo – 1978

Belgium / Maasmechelen - 1999

Germany / Freising - 2004

Czech Republic / Tabor - 2006

FRIENDSHIP MUNICIPALITEIS:

Austria-Obervellach and Ireland-Carlow

PARTNER COOPERATIONPARTNER COOPERATION

MEDIEVAL EVENTS: Škofja Loka – HISTORIAL ŠKOFJA LOKA 2011

Medicina - Il BARBAROSA

Tabor – TABORSKE SETKANI

TOWN TWINNIG PROJECTS - Europe for Citizens2009, 2010, 2011

SCHOOL EXCHANGES Obervellach – primary school pupils - 2009

Tabor – secondary school students – 2008, 2009, 2010                            

EDUCATIONEDUCATION

• FOUR PRIMARY SCHOOLS

• GRAMMAR SCHOOL

• SCHOOL CENTRE

FOR TECHNICAL SCIENCES