Škofja Loka is a town and a municipality in Slovenia.
[edit] History
The Selška Sora river crossing Škofja Loka.
In 1803 the Prince-bishopric of Freising was mediatised by the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss and Škofja Loka finally fell to the Austrian duchy of Carniola.
Škofja Loka is the birthplace of the Škofja Loka Passion Play (Latin: Processio locopolitana), the oldest drama text in the Slovene language. It was written in 1721 by the Capuchin Father Romuald (Lovrenc Marusič) and performed only three times in the 18th century and then again in 1999 and 2000, always on Good Friday.
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Typical Škofja Loka architecture
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[edit] Art colony
Before the civil war in the former Yugoslavia the Serbian town of Smederevska Palanka and the town of Škofja Loka held art colonies Groharijeva kolonija run by an art teacher from elementary school Olga Milošević in Smederevska Palanka. Now, after the split of SFR Yugoslavia, the two towns are twin towns.
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Škofja Loka
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Administrative centre: Škofja Loka
Binkelj, Bodovlje, Breznica pod Lubnikom, Brode, Bukov Vrh nad Visokim, Bukovica, Bukovščica, Crngrob, Dorfarje, Draga, Forme, Gabrk, Gabrovo, Gabrška Gora, Godešič, Gorenja vas - Reteče, Gosteče, Grenc, Hosta, Knape, Kovski Vrh, Križna Gora, Lipica, Log nad Škofjo Loko, Moškrin, Na Logu, Papirnica, Pevno, Podpulfrca, Pozirno, Praprotno, Pungert, Puštal, Reteče, Rovte v Selški dolini, Sopotnica, Spodnja Luša, Staniše, Stara Loka, Stirpnik, Strmica, Suha, Sveti Andrej, Sveta Barbara, Sveti Duh, Sveti Florjan nad Škofjo Loko, Sveti Lenart, Sveti Ožbolt, Svetega Petra Hrib, Sveti Tomaž, Ševlje, Trata, Trnje, Valterski Vrh, Vešter, Vincarje, Virlog, Virmaše, Visoko pri Poljanah, Zgornja Luša, Zminec
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The Church of Mary Immaculate, Capuchin’s bridge, Homan house, Parish Church of Saint Jacob, Granary, Škofja Loka castle, Visoko manor, Saint John’s Church, Crngrob church, Ajman Castle, Saint George’s Stara Loka, Križna Gora, Puštal Castle
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Slovenia
