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Visoko (Slovenia)
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Visoko pri Poljanah is a settlement in the Municipality of Škofja Loka
in the Upper Carniola
region of Slovenia
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The Visoko estate in the Poljane Valley, is part of this settlement. It comprises two large farms, first mentioned in documents as early as the 13th century. The Kalan farm was organized by the writer and politician Ivan Tavčar
into his manor. In his best known work The Visoko Chronicles, Tavčar describes events taking place on this estate in the 17th century when the Kalan family were overlords of the entire valley. There is a bronze statue of the writer made by the sculptor Jakob Savinšek
close to the manor house. Tavčar is also buried at Visoko.
Škofja Loka
-Art colony:Before the civil war in the former Yugoslavia the Serbian town of Smederevska Palanka and the town of Škofja Loka held art colonies Groharijeva kolonija run by an art teacher from elementary school Olga Milošević in Smederevska Palanka. Now, after the split of SFR Yugoslavia, the two...
in the Upper Carniola
Upper Carniola
Upper Carniola is a traditional region of Slovenia, the northern mountainous part of the larger Carniola region. The centre of the region is Kranj, while other urban centers include Jesenice, Tržič, Škofja Loka, Kamnik, and Domžale.- Historical background :...
region of Slovenia
Slovenia
Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...
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The Visoko estate in the Poljane Valley, is part of this settlement. It comprises two large farms, first mentioned in documents as early as the 13th century. The Kalan farm was organized by the writer and politician Ivan Tavčar
Ivan Tavcar
Ivan Tavčar was a Slovene and Yugoslav writer, lawyer, and politician.- Biography :Tavčar was born into a poor peasant family of Janez and Neža née Perko in the Carniolan village of Poljane near Škofja Loka in what was then the Austrian Empire and is now in Slovenia. It has never been entirely...
into his manor. In his best known work The Visoko Chronicles, Tavčar describes events taking place on this estate in the 17th century when the Kalan family were overlords of the entire valley. There is a bronze statue of the writer made by the sculptor Jakob Savinšek
Jakob Savinšek
Jakob Savinšek, was a Slovene sculptor, illustrator and poet.- Life :Savinšek was born in the Upper Carniolan town of Kamnik, then part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes , where he spent his youth. After finishing secondary school in Ljubljana, he studied medicine at the University of...
close to the manor house. Tavčar is also buried at Visoko.