Travel Reference
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Highlights of the museum include several ornate guild chests, reflecting the fact that the
area around Škofja Loka was famous for smiths and lace-makers. In the garden, you'll
find a typical peasant house from nearby Pušta dating from the 16th century. Don't miss
the four spectacular golden altars in the castle
chapel
. They were taken from a church
destroyed during WWII in Dražgoše, northwest of Škofja Loka. Two paths lead up to the
castle; the most convenient starts just opposite Kavarna Homan (
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)
.
Mestni Trg
The group of colourful 16th-century
burghers' houses
on this square have earned the
town the nickname 'Painted Loka'. Almost every one is of historical and architectural im-
manova Hiša; Mestni trg 2)
, dating from 1511 with graffiti and bits of frescoes of St
Christopher and of a soldier.
Rotovž; Mestni trg 35)
, remarkable for its stunning three-storey Gothic courtyard and the
17th-century frescoes on its facade. Further south, 17th-century
Martin House
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(Martinova Hiša; Mestni trg 26)
leans on part of the old town wall. It has a
wooden 1st floor, a late-Gothic portal and a vaulted entrance hall. The
plague pillar
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, in the centre of Mestni trg, was erected in 1751.
TOWN SQUARE
Parish Church of St James
(Župnijska Cerkev Sv Jakoba;
http://zupnije.rkc.si
; Cankarjev trg; 7am-6pm)
The
town's most important church dates back to the 13th century, with key features like the
nave
, the
presbytery
with star vaulting (1524), and the tall
bell tower
(1532) added over
the next three centuries. The dozen or so distinctive ceiling lamps and the
baptismal font
were designed by Jože Plečnik.
Inside the church, look up to the vaulted ceiling to see bosses with portraits of the Freis-
ing bishops (the town's founders), saints, workers with shears, and a blacksmith; the two
crescent moons in the presbytery are reminders of the Turkish presence. Outside the
church, on the south side, is the church's
rectory
, part of a fortified aristocratic manor
house built in the late 16th century.
CHURCH
Spodnji Trg
PUBLIC SQUARE
