Art & Culture
News and stories from the team at TripTip
25/05/2020
Ivan Grohar in Škofja Loka – “The Birthplace of Modern Slovenian Art”
The Slovene painter Ivan Grohar, the most important of the Slovene Impressionists, belongs to the very top of Slovene fine art of the 20th century. He visibly influenced the [...]
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24/05/2020
More Than 1000 Years of History
In 973, the lordship of Škofja Loka was granted by Emperor Otto II to the Bishops of Freising, and for the next one thousand years the history of the [...]
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24/05/2020
A Black Man’s Portrait in Town’s Coat of Arms
The legend says that a landowner Abraham from Bavaria, has been traveling through the Poljanska Valley with his servant, a black man. In the dark forests, they encountered a [...]
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22/05/2020
Jan Plestenjak is From Škofja Loka
Jan Plestenjak spent his childhood in Škofja Loka in the village of Puštal. He started playing the guitar as a child. He attended the Lower Musical School in Škofja [...]
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07/01/2019
The Castle of Škofja Loka
In the 12th century there were three fortifications on the hills above Škofja Loka: the Upper Tower on Krancelj; the Lower Fort (nider vest); and the “Loka Castle”, a [...]
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