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Poljane nad Škofjo Loko
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| Coordinates: | |
| Country | Slovenia |
| Region | Upper Carniola |
| Municipality | Gorenja vas-Poljane |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.98 km2 (0.8 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 398.9 m (1,309 ft) |
| Population (2002) | |
| • Total | 390 |
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Poljane nad Škofjo Loko is a settlement in the Poljanska Sora valley in the Gorenja vas - Poljane Municipality in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia[2].
Famous people from Poljane include the writer and politician Ivan Tavčar and the neo-Thomist philosopher and theologian Aleš Ušeničnik.
The local church is dedicated to Saint Martin and was originally a Gothic building that was pulled down and rebuilt in the 1720s. The second, Baroque, structure, was blown up by the Partisans in 1944 and finally totally demolished in 1956. When this happened, remnants of the original church were found and some carved pieces of stone from the site are kept in the Škofja Loka museum. The current church was built in 1967 and the belfry was replaced in the 1990s[3].