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July 7 2014 Skofja Loka sight seeing.

July 7th 2014
Nice breakfast followed by a day of sight seeing. 31c here so a bit hot. The town was founded in about 973 when a German emperor gave the territory of Loka as a present to a Bishop in Bavaria. It is interesting to note that the majority of older houses here are only three windows wide. This is because taxes depended on the number of windows and if you had a house that was four windows wide you ... read more
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Slovenian Flag The Slovene lands were part of the Holy Roman Empire and Austria until 1918 when the Slovenes joined the Serbs and Croats in forming a new multinational state, renamed Yugoslavia in 1929. After World War II, Slovenia became a republic of the renewed ... ... read more
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