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Škofja Loka is a small town in Slovenia, located 20 km north west of the capital Ljubljana. Škofja Loka lies at an elevation of 354 metres at the confluence of the Poljane Sora and the Selca Sora rivers, at the transition of the Sora Plain into the Škofja Loka Hills and the Polhov Gradec Hills. It is the economic, cultural, educational, and administrative centre of the Municipality of Škofja Loka in Upper Carniola. Škofja Loka was first mentioned in 973 as Lonca (referring to Stara Loka). The name literally means 'bishop's (wet) meadow', referring to its ownership by the Bishops of Freising. Places of interest for visitors: Homanova hiša, Kapucinski most, Kašča, Loški grad e Rotovž.

Škofja Loka is the birthplace of the Škofja Loka Passion Play, thought to be the oldest play in Slovene. It was a penitentiary Passion procession in the form of a play, performed on Good Friday each year until 1751. Since 1967, the Grohar Visual Art Colony has been held each year in Škofja Loka.
The Škofja Loka Capuchin monastery at Capuchin Square was built from 1707 until 1713. It keeps a library with about 30,000 books. The most prominent, in addition to the Škofja Loka Passion Play, are a copy of Jurij Dalmatin's Bible and Aesop's fables, a compendium by Johann Zahn of mathematics and natural history from the end of the 17th century, titled Specula physico-mathematico-historica.