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MUNICIPALITY OF ŠKOFJA LOKA skofjaloka.si

MUNICIPALITY OF ŠKOFJA LOKA www.skofjaloka.si. ŠKOFJA LOKA. SLOVENIA. T he 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.

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MUNICIPALITY OF ŠKOFJA LOKA skofjaloka.si

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  1. MUNICIPALITY OF ŠKOFJA LOKA www.skofjaloka.si

  2. ŠKOFJA LOKA

  3. SLOVENIA 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.

  4. SLOVENIASource: Geographic Institute (ZRC-SAZU)

  5. SLOVENIA 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.

  6. SLOVENIA 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).

  7. ŠKOFJA LOKA 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)

  8. ŠKOFJA LOKA 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

  9. ŠKOFJA LOKA 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.

  10. ŠKOFJA LOKA 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.

  11. ŠKOFJA LOKA 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.

  12. PARTNER 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

  13. PARTNER COOPERATION MEDIEVAL EVENTS: Škofja Loka – HISTORIAL ŠKOFJA LOKA 2011 Medicina - Il BARBAROSA Tabor – TABORSKE SETKANI TOWN TWINNIG PROJECTS - Europe for Citizens 2009, 2010, 2011 SCHOOL EXCHANGES Obervellach – primary school pupils - 2009 Tabor – secondary school students – 2008, 2009, 2010                            

  14. EDUCATION • FOUR PRIMARY SCHOOLS • GRAMMAR SCHOOL • SCHOOL CENTRE FOR TECHNICAL SCIENCES

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