Škofja Loka

ŠKOFJA LOKA

This is a presentation of the city Škofja Loka. This is a small town

on the sunny side of the Alps.

Basic Information:
1. surface (land area in km2) : 145 km2
2. number of inhabitants : 21761 inhabitants
3. year of the first mentioning of the town - unknown
4. hills above Škofja Loka - Lubnik 1025m, Stari vrh 1217m, Koprivnik 1393m, Blegoš 1562m
5. name of the river that flows through Škofja Loka: The Sora
6. the cathedral: unfortunately we have no cathedral, see some pictures of our churches below
7. names of famous poets and novelists from Škofja Loka area: Ivan Tavčar (19th century), Tine Debeljak, Neža Maurer ...
8. number and type of museums: 2 history museums
9. number of cinemas; what's on this week? - one cinema, this week is on: James Bond: Quantum Of Solace
10. distance in km to the closest airport: 19km
10. number of swimming-pools: 2
11. picture of the cathedral (see below)
12. picture of some other sights (see below)
13. Submitted by Blaž Bernik 1.A, Aljaž Stanonik 1.A

History of the town:
The town's history began in 973 when Emperor Otto II granted the territory of Loka to Bishop Abraham of Freising in the Duchy of Bavaria. However Loka named in that deed of donation wasn't looking like now, but only a part of the town which is now known as Stara Loka (Old Loka).

In the Middle Ages the town of Loka was starting to spread around the confluence of the rivers Selška Sora and Poljanska Sora. The bishops of Freising renamed the centre of their lordship Škofja Loka and in a 1274 has received town privileges. In the early 14th century construction of a town wall began including five gates, each of them protected by a guard tower; most of it is still well preserved. The history shows that the town was many times faced by attack, fire and earthquake. The worst of the earthquakes in 1511 badly damaged the town which was later rebuilt by prince-bishop Philip of Freising. From that time on the image of Škofja Loka was just slightly changed so today it is now known as the best-preserved historic town in Slovenia. Old town core is consisted of the upper town square called Plac and the lower town square called Lontrg, both dominated by Škofja Loka Castle.

Some pictures of our town:



The town of Škofja Loka


St. Križ


St. Jurij (Stara Loka)


St. Andrej


The Sora River


The town square


Homan's house


The town's fountain


Information and pictures by Aljaž
Text editing and translating by Blaž

Thanks for your visit.

SLOVENIA

SLOVENIA:

the road map of Slovenia

SLOVENIA:

1. surface of the country (land area in km2)	20.273 km
2. name of border countries and the sea	Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Austria, Adriatic Sea
3. number of inhabitants	2.026.655 inhabitants
4. population density	99.2 inhabitants/square km
5. number and names of regions	11 regions: Pomurje, Drava, Koroška, Savinja, Zasavje, South-Eastern Slovenia, Central Slovene region, Gorenjska, Notranjsko-Karstic, Goriška, Coast-Karstic Region
6. altitude of the highest mountain	Triglav (2846m)
7. name of the longest river	The Sava
8. name of the capital	Ljubljana
9. number of inhabitants in the capital	267.386 inhabitants
10. number of inhabitants in Maribor	119.071 inhabitants
11. currency used in Slovenia	euro
12. the Slovenian flag	white, blue,red with the coat of arms of Slovenia
13. the road map of Slovenia
14. geographical map of Slovenia
15. name of the the author	Nataša O.

Slovenia

SLOVENIA.

Slovenia is a small country in southern Central Europe. Her surface aims 20,273 km². Slovenia has 4 border countries: Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north. Slovenia also has a part of the Adriatic Sea to the southwest. In our country lives about 2,023,358 people. People that come to our state bed like on Bled, to Bohinj and to our capital. Slovenia has 12 regions: Pomurska, Podravska, Koroška, Savinjska, Zasavska, Lower-Sava Region, SE Slovenia, NInner-Karst, Centra Slovene, Gorenjska, Goriška and Littoral-Karst Region. The highest mountain in Slovenia is Triglav, (2,864m altitude). The longest river in Slovenia is the Sava. The capital of Slovenia is Ljubljana with 267,386 inhabitants. Maribor is the second largest Slovene town (119,071 inhabitants). In Slovenia the monetary unit is euro.

the Slovenian flag: Flag of Slovenia is white-blue-red with coat of amrs of Slovenia. The proportion between the width and length of the flag is one to two. The colours of the flag follow: white, blue, red. Every colour occupies a third of the flag. The coat of arms is placed in the left upper part of the flag so that it streches with one half into the white field and with the other in blue.

The Road map of Slovenia:

The Geographical map of Slovenia:

some other pictures of Slovenia:

Triglav

The Soča river

Ljubljana at Christmas time

SCHOOL

School SAINT REMI

1. name of the director	Mrs Lizeux
2. number of students	1403
3. number of teachers	128
4. number of classrooms	70
5. number of computers	350

6. timetable of the class
	MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY	THURSDAY	FRIDAY
08.00 08.55		Communi -cation	Communi -cation	Accountancy	French
08.55 09.50	English	Accountancy	Communi -cation	English	French
	Break	Break	Break	Break	Break
10.05 11.00	Professionnal & Social Life	Accountancy	History Geography	Communi -cation	Sports
11.00 11.55	Accountancy	Communi -cation	Social Education	French	Sports
	Break	Break	Break	Break	Break
12.15 13.10	LUNCH	LUNCH	LUNCH	LUNCH	LUNCH
13.10 14.05	Maths	Economy Law		Maths	History Geography
14.05 15.00	Spanish	Communi -cation		Economy Law	Spanish
	Break	Break		Break	Break
15.15 16.10	Maths	Exam		Accountancy	Accountancy
16.10 17.05	Arts	Communi -cation		Accountancy	Accountancy

7. dates of the school holidays
All Saints holidays	From Saturday 25th October until Thursday 6th November
Christmas/New Year holidays	From Saturday 20th December 2008 until Monday 5th January 2009
Winter holidays	From Saturday 21st February until Monday 9th March
Easter holidays	From Saturday 18th April until Monday 4th May
Summer holidays	From Thursday 2nd July until Wednesday 2nd September

Jacqueline, Justine, Mathilde, Myriam, Soraya, Morgane