Skofja Loka has the best conserved old city kernel in Slovenia. This kernel occupies gravely terraces which were shaped by the Sora rivers. Since the middle ages onwards, the old city has consisted of two squares: the city square or ｻPlacｫ and ｻLongtrgｫ or the lower square. Here we see lots of interesting buildings like the nuns church, the rocky or capuchin bridge, Homan's house, the town school, the granary, which is one of the most respectable antiques in the city, the Spital church, which is a former almshouse, Zigon's house, Marija's sign, the old town hall, the Parson's house and Martin's house, which is the last type of house before the last century. The Nun's church or Marija Brezmadezna church was built in 1358, the present Baroque style built after a fire in 1669. Capuchin's bridge was built by order of Bishop Leopold in the middle of the 14th century. The bridge was built from cut stone in semicircular form. It is one of the oldest monuments in Middle Europe. Homan's house is middle-class manor, which is made up of three buildings. The Parish or Sentjakobska church is a late gothic hall built in 1471. Marija's sign is a baroque sign with three statues, which the city had built in 1751 in thanks for turning away plague and fire.
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