Skofja Loka - Selca Sora River

The Skofja Loka Museum is located in Loka Castle in Skofja Loka, which was first mentioned in 1215. The Skofja Loka Museum is a general museum with historical, archaeological, ethnological, cultural-historical, art and natural history collections. It was founded in 1939 and covers the area which for 830 years (973-1803) formed the Loka Estate under the authority of the Freising Bishops of Bavaria.

Rising 475m above the city of Krancelj on a prominence stands Loka Castle. It was built on the edge of a natural terrace and below the castle a settlement of merchants and tradesmen grew up. It was first mentioned in a document in 1202 which stated it to be a resistantial castle. The first castle was build by the Freising Bishops and was the seat of the Manager or Head. The bishop when he came to