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HOW AND WHERE and to its territory its to and 02 Small Church of the Holy Spirit

12 Tourist map and guide to the city the to guide and map Tourist An example of late-Gothic archi- the altar is attributed to Domenico

tecture (1398-1414), it was com- Tintoretto, the son of Jacopo Tin- GORIZIA missioned by the Rabatta broth- toretto, and can be dated to the be- ers, a family from Florence that ginning of the 17th century. were part of the city’s nobility. Inside, the ribs of the apse create a pleasant play of lines. It is possible The city to make out small shields with the Info: coats of arms of local noble fami- Borgo Castello lies. On the top of the apse there tel +39 0481 530193 of Gorizia is the Rabatta coat of arms. The www.cattedrale.arcidiocesi.gorizia.it painting of the Assumption above [email protected] 05 01 Gorizia’s Castle - Museum of the Middle Ages in Gorizia 03 The Provincial Museums of Borgo Castello 13 The heart and symbol of the city, tended to house, in the large room whereas the barn permanently Founded in 1861, the museums evolution of the peoples that lived vironments referring to handicraft 04 with its large bulk the castle domi- on the first floor, the meetings of houses an educational section with were moved to Borgo Castello in Gorizia and in the valley of the activities related to clothing, such nates Gorizia and the surrounding the small parliament of Gorizia, panels and plastic models con- in 1990, in the basements of six- Isonzo from the prehistoric period as those of the shoemaker and of territory. The castle can be reached was built in the fifteenth century. cerning the . From teenth-century Casa Dornberg until the Medieval and the Renais- the hat maker, who moulded im- through the Leopoldina Gate, built All the rooms are furnished with the allure one can enjoy the view and Casa Tasso. The current First sance ages. The first floor of Casa portant items of clothing on their 10 in 1660 in honour of the visit of Em- vintage furniture coming from the over the city of Gorizia and over the World War Museum is a clear Dormberg and Casa Tasso houses wooden shapes. The Picture Gal- peror Leopold of Habsburg. The surrounding territory. The Museum territories of the near . and effective representation of the Museum of Fashion and Ap- lery, at Casa Formentini, is rich in Castle reflects the evolution oc- of the Middle Ages in Gorizia, in the the 1915-1918 war events, it tells plied Arts, which comprises some painting and sculpture works from curred between the 13th century Sala dei Cavalieri (Knights’ Room), Info: Gorizia’s Castle - Museum of these important historical events sections dedicated to silk weaving, the sixteenth century onwards and 07 of collections of works of the nine- and the 16th century with the pro- displays interesting craft reproduc- the Middle Ages in Gorizia and provides a survey of the hard where a large eighteenth-century 06 gressive addition of buildings and tions of the side arms used in the Borgo Castello, 36 everyday life of a soldier on the circular throwing machine stands teenth century by the best artists defence structures. The oldest part Medieval period. The Sala della tel +39 0481 535146 frontline. Inside it you will find out, still in working order and from the Venezia Giulia area. In 01 coincides with thirteenth-century Musica (Music Room) houses per- (Municipality, Cultural Activities the reproduction of a trench with unique of its kind: a rich collection, the basements, that can be visited Palazzo dei Conti, characterised fect reproductions of ancient in- Service, Exhibition Activities Office, an Italian military post and an in- which ranges from the eighteenth upon request, familiar environ- 02 by double lancet windows framed struments, whose melodies can be tel +39 0481 383287-297). stallation of the Austro-Hungarian to the twentieth century, of silk ments and craft shops are repro- by pink marble. On the other hand, listened to thanks to modern tech- Closed on Mondays - Entry fee army. On the ground floor of Casa dresses enriched by pillow lace. duced. the Palazzo degli Stati Provinciali nologies. Some rooms of the Cas- www..gorizia.it Tasso, three rooms house the Ar- The art of bobbin lace, imported at Info: Borgo Castello, 13 03 (Palace of the Provincial States), in- tle periodically stage exhibitions, e-mail: [email protected] chaeological Collection, which the end of the 17th century by two tel +39 0481 533926 / 530382 comprises finds from Gorizia’s Ursoline mothers, is still carried Closed on Mondays- Entry fee. 08 historical territory. It includes doc- out at Gorizia’s lace school. The www.provincia.gorizia.it/rete-musei uments of the cultural and social museum’s path winds among en- [email protected] 09

Regione Venezia Giulia The city of Gorizia The city of Gorizia AUSTRIA 04 Palazzo Petzenstein 06 St. Ignatius Church Arta Terme Tarvisio

A23 The palace was built in the first half The Church, with its façade overlooking Piazza Vit- Tolmezzo of the eighteenth century by the no- toria, in style (1654-1747), was built by

Gemona ble Attems family according to the the Jesuits. The imposing exterior is character- SLOVENIA del Friuli Europa project by architect Nicolò Pacasso ised by two bell towers that end with character- and today is his best-preserved istic “onions” present in many churches of north- San Daniele Cividale Piancavallo del Friuli del Friuli Regione work in Gorizia. From an aesthetic ern Europe. The interior consists of a single nave, SLOVENIA point of view, the historic building is onto which three chapels, containing rich Baroque PORDENONE GORIZIA Italia a remarkable example of a mix be- altars, open on both sides. The altar by Venetian A28 tween the Baroque and the Rococo sculptor Lazzarini (1716) and the eighteenth-cen- A4 TREVISO Aeroporto FVG styles. The palace, recently renovat- tury fresco of the pulpit “the glory of St. Ignatius” A4 Ronchi dei Legonari ed, houses the Provincial museums painted by Tausch, who also designed the Church VENEZIA and stages important exhibitions. itself, are remarkable. The furniture of the sacris- SLOVENIA Lignano Grado Info: piazza De Amicis, 2 ty, the confessionals and the pews date back to the Sabbiadoro tel + 39 0481 547541 eighteenth century. Closed on Mondays, admission fee. HOW TO GET THERE www.provincia.gorizia.it/rete-musei Neptune Fountain [email protected] The fountain, situated in Piazza Vittoria, provides By car By plane By train evidence of the skills of architect Nicolò Pacassi Motorways Regional Airport of Trieste www.trenitalia.it 05 Museum Synagogue Gerusalemme sull’Isonzo and was made by sculptor Chiereghin from Pad- A4 Torino - Trieste 40 km from Trieste and Udine Call Centre 89.20.21 ua in 1756. Among other things, Nicolò Pacassi’s A23 Palmanova - Udine - Tarvisio 15 km from Gorizia The Synagogue (1756) is situated and panels. Gorizia’s Jewish com- Info: name is linked to the works of Vienna’s Schönb- A28 Portogruaro - Conegliano 80 km from Pordenone in the old Jewish ghetto in via As- munity has provided the city with via Ascoli, 19 runn castle and to the Augustinerkirche. www.aeroporto.fvg.it coli, the continuation of the city’s famous personalities, such as: tel +39 0481 532115 Info: main avenue. Ascoli, Music and Bolaffio, Michel- Open on Tuesdays and Thursdays piazza Vittoria, tel +39 0481 535106 The street, dedicated to famous staedter. On the first floor, which from 5.00 to 7.00 p.m. Design and Creation: Five Zone Udine _ Cartography Tarabocchia _ Printing: La Tipografica - Basaldella _ English edition printed in march 2011 Texts by Info Point Gorizia_ Translation by: D’Agostini Organizzazione Dipartimento linguistico Dagoservice _ Photographs: Archivio Turismo FVG, P. Bumbaca, G. Kirchmayr, M. Milani, M. Viola. Jewish glottologist Graziadio Isaia maintains an eighteenth-century and on the second Sunday of each Ascoli from Gorizia, is overlooked look with original marble, decora- month from 10.00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. 07 Palazzo Werdenberg by multi-storey houses with mag- tions and furniture, it is possible to For information Mr. Bulfoni nificent wrought-iron balconies. admire the Women’s Gallery and tel +39 0481 33226 Built in the 17th century, it was chosen by the Jesuits as TOURIST INFORMATION The splendid eighteenth-cen- the Ark facing Jerusalem. a cultural centre in order to found the seminary. tury wrought-iron gate (photo), The rich staircase, which represents one of the most AGENZIA TURISMOFVG adorned with floral motifs and valuable works of Gorizia’s Baroque art, was completed Villa Chiozza - Via Carso, 3 swags, which originally blocked in 1704. In the middle of the eighteenth century it was I - 33052 (UD) access to the ghetto, today is lo- enlarged with a parlour, a pharmacy and an infirmary. tel +39 0431 387111 / fax +39 0431 387199 cated next to the Synagogue. A secondary school (“Liceo”) specializing in classical [email protected] The façade with a double arched studies in the nineteenth century (Imperiale Regio Gin- entrance has an ornamental rose- nasio Superiore), today it houses the Isontina State Li- window and is surmounted by the brary, where exhibitions and events are organized. Tablets of the Law. Discovery Card The ground floor of the build- ing houses the “Gerusalemme Info: INFOPOINT TURISMOFVG di GORIZIA sull’Isonzo” museum, which via Mameli, 12 corso Italia, 9 - 34170 Gorizia presents the history of Juda- tel +39 0481 580211 tel +39 0481 535764 / fax +39 0481 539294 ism in Gorizia over the centuries, www.isontina.librari.beniculturali.it [email protected] equipped by computer stations [email protected]

The city of Gorizia The city of Gorizia The city of Gorizia

08 Cathedral 10 Palazzo Della 11 Ossuary of Oslavia

Dedicated to Patron Saints Hilary voke the protection of the castle, is Info: Corte Sant’Ilario The building, originally known as houses the Fondazione Cassa di Situated between the towns of and Taziano, with three Baroque a work by Tominz, a 19th-century tel +39 0481 530193 Palazzo del Monte di Pietà (Pawn- Risparmio di Gorizia, it is a state- Piuma and Oslavia, the monument naves, it preserves the tombstone portraitist of Gorizia and Trieste’s www.cattedrale.arcidiocesi.gorizia.it shop), was commissioned by the of-the-art conference centre and was erected in 1938 according of the last of Gorizia Leon- middle class. Inside it, the ves- [email protected] first archbishop of Gorizia Carlo stages prestigious exhibitions. to the project of architect Ghino ardo, who died in in 1500. tibule of the sacristy houses the Michele d’Attems (1753). It was Venturini. From the large square The event marked the end of the fifteenth-century chapel of St. built in order to regulate the credit opposite it, where a stone com- county of Gorizia and the passage Acacius. The Gothic vault features and protect Gorizia’s citizens from Info: memorates the 55 volunteers from The city of Gorizia of the city to the powerful Habs- elegant frescoed musician angels, the increasing phenomenon of via Carducci, 2 - Gorizia Venezia Giulia who died on the bat- burg House. The high altar, the while the four evangelists are de- usury. After its closure in 1829, it tel +39 0481 537111 tle fields of Medio and Alto Isonzo, A MEETING OF CULTURES side altars and the pulpit of the picted on the dome. was soon re-opened thanks to the fax +39 0481 534354 a flight of steps leads to a trian- early eighteenth-century are very intervention of Count Giuseppe www.fondazionecarigo.it gular flat area where you will find Gorizia, mentioned for the first time in a document of 1001, due to its geographical position has always precious. The altarpiece, depict- Della Torre. Today the building e-mail: [email protected] the central tower and three side been culturally influenced by the meeting of the Latin, Slavic and Germanic cultures. ing the Madonna and St. Hilary, towers connected by underground Starting from 1117, and for four centuries, the Castle was the residence of the of Gorizia, St. Taziano and St. Charles that in- tunnels. A big black marble cross whose rule stretched from Tirol and Carinthia to the Treviso area, as far as the Croatian borders. 12 Piazza Transalpina stands at the centre of the main Afterwards, it was ruled by the Habsburgs under whose jurisdiction it remained until the end of the First tower: 13 officials awarded with World War, except for some short periods of Napoleonic and Venetian rule. 09 Piazza Cavour - Piazza Sant’Antonio “The last boundary of Eastern Europe”: this is how the boundary that the Golden Medal for Military Value The city was subject to significant changes in recent times too, when, after the 1947 peace treaty, divided Piazza Transalpina in two has been called for years. Now the are buried at its foot. The impos- the territory was divided: for many years Gorizia and remained separated by a small wall along At the beginning of the 15th century city. Formerly known as Schön- out of France in the period of the boundary joins: one can walk freely and be with one foot in and with ing Ossuary contains the mortal the border. the first noble residences outside haus Castle, richly frescoed inside, French revolution (1830), they the other foot in Slovenia at the same time. remains of 57,201 Italian soldiers, Borgo Castello were built in Piazza it witnessed important events of took refuge in Gorizia as guests of On the edges of the square one can still see the low stone wall with the most of whom are unknown, and Cavour, in what was called “platea Gorizia. Count Coronini. Now the last de- wire net and the white marble boundary stone n. 57/15, which until 2004 of 539 Austro-Hungarian soldiers nobilium”. Piazza S. Antonio is over- scendants of the French Bourbon marked the borderline. The mosaic on the floor, made on the occasion (only 138 of whom were identified). looked by two important palaces. Palazzo Strassoldo (Hotel Entou- dynasty, as well as the last French of the admission of Slovenia to the European Union, features the same The remains of the dead soldiers rage - Piazza S. Antonio, 2 - tel. King , rest in the crypts number as the boundary stone. identified are walled in the central 13 Palazzo Coronini Cronberg Fourteenth-century Palazzo Lan- +39 0481 550235) from the name in the Monastery of Castagnavizza In the Slovenian territory there is the old Transalpine railway station tower and along the side walls. tieri, (Piazza S. Antonio, 6 - tel. of one of the most ancient families today Kostanjevica in Slovenia. (1906), wanted by , being part of the railway lines that The unknown soldiers are buried An exceptional example of Gori- A long access avenue leads to the furniture, whereas on the first floor +39 0481 533284 - Cell +39 340 of Gorizia’s aristocracy, features (Šcrabcevaˇ ulica,1 p.p. 303 linked Austria to Trieste, its access to the sea. in three common graves situated zia’s aristocratic residence is palace, characterized by an arch- one can visit sumptuous eight- 9103161) a private house that can a remarkable eighteenth-century Nova Gorica tel +386 5 330 7750 among the side towers. Palazzo Coronini Cronberg (Viale way supported by four Aquileia eenth-century sitting rooms, Impe- be visited on request, was one of façade. Today a hotel, the Bour- www.samostan-kostanjevica.si Info: XX Settembre). Surrounded by a diorite columns next to which a rial rooms and nineteenth-century the gates of the walls of the lower bons lived there from 1836. Thrown [email protected]) town of Oslavia / tel +39 0481 531788 magnificent English-style park of double 17th-century open gal- rooms. The furniture is completed Closed on Mondays nearly five hectares, the palace, lery stands. The palace comprises by rich art collections among which built in 1594 on the Grafenberg about thirty rooms, fifteen of which silverware, porcelain, glassware Gorizia, aerial view Gorizia’s Castle St. Ignatius Church hill, belonged first to the Stras- can be visited and feature original and crystalware, carpets, paintings, soldo family and then, in the past furniture. Among them there is miniatures, fans, coins, weapons, two centuries, to the Coronini Charles X’s room, where the last drawings and prints, that make the counts. It was transformed into a king of France died in exile in 1836. palace one of Friuli Venezia Giulia’s museum-house in 1990, the year The rich picture gallery includes most important cultural locations. of the death of Guglielmo Coronini, works from the 16th century to the the last descendant of the family, 20th century by artists such as Tizi- Info: according to whose will the house ano, Rubens, Magnasco, Carriera, viale XX Settembre,14 could be available to the public by Vigée Le Brun, Prospero and Lavin- tel +39 0481 533485 setting up a private foundation that ia Fontana, Cignaroli. The ground www.coronini.it today manages the large historical floor houses rooms with sixteenth- e-mail: [email protected] and artistic heritage of the family. century and seventeenth-century Closed on Mondays Isonzo Park Railway Bridge Gorizia’s Town Hall The city of Gorizia and its surroundings Gorizia and its territory

On Friuli Venezia Giulia’s eastern border, between Gorizia and Grado, between Friuli’s plain and Slovenia, there is a small area rich in historical and artistic memories and in natural environments. An ideal place for sports enthusiasts, a paradise for gourmets but also for those who simply want to spend a holiday in nature, far from noise, where everything is people-oriented. You will find all the richness of these lands in just a few kilometres. Typical

First of all you will find the gentle Collio hills, a pleasant area bounded by the course of the Isonzo river to products the east, by the Judrio river to the west and overlooked by the to the north. Characterized by a mild climate and by soils suitable for the cultivation of fruit trees and of grapevine, the Collio is famous all over the world as an exceptionally valuable wine production area, the heart of which is represented by from Gorizia Cormòns.

Not less important is the D.O.C. (Denomination of Controlled Area) Isonzo wine production area, including Gorizia is the natural chief city of tee for the promotion of Gorizia’s The typical radicchio from Gorizia Gradisca d’Isonzo, which is the location of one of Italy’s first Regional wineries. Then you will experience the an area extremely rich as far as Typical Products. The best place comes in two varieties: “Canarino” charming atmospheres of the lagoon, formed due to the slow, but continuous raising of the sea level and food and wine are concerned: the to understand the variety and the and “Rosa di Gorizia”. The Ca- to the consistent fluvial deposits that have given rise to several islets. On them you will see the “casoni”, wines of the D.O.C. (Denomina- freshness of the agricultural prod- narino has canary-yellow shades, typical reed and straw huts, which were once used by fishermen. tion of Controlled Origin) areas of ucts of the is whereas the “Rosa di Gorizia” is The lagoon also preserves the precious treasures of Grado, whose old town centre features monuments of its province, Collio, Isonzo, Carso, the indoor market of Corso Verdi deep red in colour with pinkish exceptional interest. Aquileia, once an imposing river port, defined as the heart and the historic crossroads are some of the best in the world, Via Boccaccio, a real wonder for variegations. The “Rosa di Gorizia” of Roman and Christian Europe. Inside the Basilica, you will have the chance to admire one of the most while its cuisine is the perfect syn- gourmets. has an intense taste, it is slightly extraordinary floor mosaic complexes in the world. thesis of three different traditions: Among the typical dishes from bitter and crunchy. The “Canari- Friulian, Slovenian and Austrian. Gorizia, “musetto e brovada” (a no”, on the other hand, is sweeter, Nearby, the harsh nature of the Karst, marked by the evidence of the fights that took place here during the A happy land, as far as agricultur- kind of sausage with cooked tur- very delicate but crunchy. First World War. al products are concerned, which nips that were preserved in marc), from Gorizia to Cormòns, from accompanied by grated white tur- Finally, the plain is scattered with tidy towns and by small rural villages, that today still tell of the hard Gradisca d’Isonzo to Grado find the nips, the “uardi and fasui” barley relationship of the people with their own land, cultivated and reclaimed in a careful balance between human humus suitable to grow the best and bean soup, potato gnocchi intervention and the environment. It is furrowed by the waters of the Isonzo, a river that represents the fruit and vegetables. with dried plums, the typical gou- most authentic link between the different ethnic groups that for centuries have been living together in the Some entrepreneurs of the sector, lash, herb omelettes and dishes Info: province of Gorizia and that, within a hundred kilometres, links the mountains to the , providing who work successfully in the food based on local game meat. Among Municipality of Gorizia breathtaking views from its banks; in an ever-changing scenery, the exceptional light blue-turquoise colour and wine industry, in collaboration the typical sweets the strudel, piazza Municipio, 1 - 34170 Gorizia of its very clear waters is really astonishing. with the Municipality of Gorizia, Gorizia’s putizza and the honey tel +39 0481 383339 have given life to the Commit- from Gorizia. www.comune.gorizia.it

On the Collio on a Vespa scooter Collio Vineyards Wine ageing cellars

The places of the First World War Gorizia and the Isonzo area Gorizia and the Isonzo area

Redipuglia Memorial TOWN OF CORMÒNS Cathedral of Sant’Adalberto the museum consists of a perma- tel +39 0481 494360 livered by sea partially assembled, of the first headquarters of Ri- It gathers over a hundred thousand fallen of the First Of Habsburg style, after the foun- and Cjase da Plef Antiche nent exhibition at the Fortress and www.galleriamonfalcone.it were completed. jeka: Gabriele D’Annunzio came World War and is Italy’s largest military memorial. dation of Aquileia (181 B.C.) the (Visits by reservation only) is subdivided into two exhibition galleria@comune..go.it It is possible to visit the reproduc- here secretly with his officers after Walking up the imposing flight of steps made of white town of Celtic origin passed under The entrance of the Cathedral rooms. The lower room displays tion of the first car assembly line, midnight on 11th September 1919, Karst stone, by architect Giovanni Greppi and sculptor the rule of Rome. A Patriarchal can be reached after walking up a collection of different types of Museum of documentation which changed production and still a few hours before the departure Giannino Castiglioni, it is possible to start an itiner- see during the Schism of the Three a scenographic flight of steps, rock with description tables that of Friuli’s rural civilization represents a very important social for the feat of Rijeka. ary among trenches and historical memories. On the Chapters (between the 6th and the which provides the main church of illustrate the orographic zones of Colmello di Grotta phenomenon. Info: The places Sant’Elia Hill, stones with epigraphs remind us of the Gorizia 8th century), in 1497 it became part Cormòns with magnificence and and a plastic model representing The museum is situated in the It is possible to see the reproduc- via Roma, 63 first war cemetery dedicated to the “Invitti della Ter- of the Habsburg Empire. The ar- imposingness. Built between 1736 an ideal Karst territory. The upper eighteenth-century village of Col- tion from the first Marconi radio up 34077 of the First za Armata” (Undefeated of the Third Army), opened and the mistice between Austria and Italy and 1770 in the heart of the medie- room documents the vegetation, mello di Grotta, which maintains to the current METEOSAT-7 geo- tel +39 0481 475480 on 24th May 1923 and later transformed into “Parco of which, from that date, the town val town, it is a typical eighteenth- the history of speleology, methods unchanged its aspect of closed- stationary reception. fax +39 0481 475047 della Rimembranza” (Park of Remembrance). Nearby was finally part, was stipulated century building. The painted rep- and equipment used by speleolo- courtyard rural settlement, once Info: www.tenutadiblasig.it World War you will also find the “Casa Terza Armata” First World Isonzo area in Cormòns on 12th August 1866. resentations of St. Anthony Abbot gists from the end of the Second inhabited by families of share- via Gorizia, 150 [email protected] War Museum and, at less than 1 km towards , Paths of Peace Overlooked by Mount Quarin, its and St. Valentine, as well as of the World War until present day. The croppers and farm labourers who 34072 Farra d’Isonzo Visits by appointment only the Austro-Hungarian cemetery (over 14000 fallen). I.A.T. economy is mainly based on tour- Trinity that crowns the Virgin, are paleontology section, on the other abandoned it at the end of the Six- tel and fax +39 0481 520063 When the First World War breaks out on 28th June ues beyond the present border with Slovenia and the (point of reference for the open-air museum) ism and on the production of local by Tominz (1790-1866). Next to the hand, is situated in via Valentinis ties. The museum displays many [email protected] Roman Excavations – Roman Villa The setting off and the tourist promotion of Gorizia and of its rich and varied territory, including the Collio, Karst and Isonzo 1914, the Friuli Venezia Giulia region is divided be- Isonzo river - becomes one of the most sanguinary Info: via III Armata, 54 - Fogliano Redipuglia food and wine products. Cathedral of Sant’Adalberto you in Monfalcone and comprises the objects, handmade items and Some structures dating back to areas, are entrusted to the “Consorzio Touristico Gorizia e Isontino” Tourism Consortium, which organizes package holi- tween the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the King- fronts of the First World War. Direction: Redipuglia Military Memorial tel / fax + 39 0481 489139 will find the Cjase da Plef Antiche, geological-paleontological collec- documents of the whole provin- Villa Vicentini Miniussi the Roman age were discovered days, offers and guided tours on the territory. Hereinafter, we will mention the most interesting towns. dom of Italy. The borders created by the 1886 peace In particular, the portion of territory that comprises via III Armata - Fogliano di Redipuglia www.prolocofoglianoredipuglia.it Palazzo Locatelli (18th cent.) an old farmhouse that preserves tions, the geological-paleontolog- cial territory of the period between Built in neoclassical style after near the airport in 1987. “Gorizia e l’Isontino” Consortium Corso Italia, 55 - 34170 Gorizia / T +39 345 5782860 / www.gois.it / [email protected] between the and the Austro-Hungar- the Province of Gorizia, the area, tel +39 0481 489024 [email protected] Palazzo Locatelli, the Town Hall, vestments, wooden sculptures, ical library, various workshops. the end of the eighteenth century 1829 by Giacomo Vicentini, the The excavations carried out in the ian Empire divide this region; Udine, Cividale and Pal- Grado and Aquileia, stages the first six battles on dominates with its harmonious canvases and several objects that Info: and the first half of the twentieth complex also includes two build- following years brought to light manova become part of the Kingdom of Italy whereas the Isonzo. Today in these places, where the soldiers San Martino del Carso “Comprensorio difensivo della Dolina GRADISCA D’ISONZO were locked up. Since 2009 Gra- Town Documentary Museum façade Piazza XXIV Maggio, the testify popular piety. Fortress of Monfalcone century. It aims at reproposing the ings in the backyard, the hothouse a rustic villa of about 600 square the whole south-eastern part of Friuli remains under of both armies faced one another, the signs of this The town of San Martino del Carso, the Valloncello del XV ” Open-air Museum Of prehistoric origin, the elegant disca d’Isonzo has been part of The Documentary Museum is a place town’s “sitting room”. On the side Gruppo Speleo Monfalconese evolution of the local rural civiliza- and the barchessa (outhouse). metres, which stretched even in- the rule of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Italy, neu- conflict are still present and visible. Over the years, dell’Albero Isolato (Valley of the Isolated Tree), the Stone Near the Redipuglia Memorial is Mount Sei Busi with town acquired importance with the club of “Italy’s most beautiful of collection, protection and memo- of the square there is the “Lan- via Valentinis, 134 tion and the influence it had on the Interesting from the architectural side the airport of Ronchi. tral for almost a year, on 24th May 1915 declares its thanks to the various works of restoration and main- of the 4th Honved, the Frasche Trench, the Filippo Cor- its large open-air museum called “Comprensorio the construction of the fortress towns” (www.borghitalia.it) ry of the town’s history. Through the ciasassi” statue by sculptor Can- TOWN OF MONFALCONE tel +39 0481 40014 territory. and artistic point of view are the The villa, whose remains are situ- state of belligerence on the side of the armies of the tenance of these sites, various open-air museums ridoni stone and the Ungaretti Park in the Castelvecchio difensivo della Dolina del XV Bersaglieri”. on the Isonzo (1400), built by the precious collection of stone frag- ciani. It is an elegant residence in An important shipbuilding loca- September - April 10 a.m. - 12 Info: frescoes and the external façade ated in Via Raparoni, was inhabited Triple Entente. After the “first offensive attack”, Friuli have been born in this territory. Visitors can “experi- wine farm are immersed in the quiet of the Karst, but The Dolina still features the remains of a military Venetians as a bulwark against the “Luigi Spazzapan” ments, glass vases, blades corroded Palladian style that, besides hous- tion, it features the Fortress that, noon /2-5 p.m. via Strada della Grotta, 8 of the villa, which houses the ar- for a rather long period, between becomes a battlefield; the part of the plain comprised ence” what the soldiers felt, living and dying in the still provide evidence of a past in which men from vari- hospital and a common grave marked by a precious Turkish raids. Leonardo da Vinci, Gallery of Contemporary Art by time, Medieval and ing the Town Hall, includes the situated on the town’s hills, domi- May - July 10 a.m. - 12 noon/4-7 p.m. 34072 Farra d’Isonzo chives of memory, a specialized the middle of the 1st century B.C. between the Isonzo river and the Karst hills, also trenches. The open-air museums, together with the ous countries had to fight one another. At the centre of inscription of that period. Following the restored too, took part in the work. Founded in 1976, the gallery is a weapons, coins, seventeenth-eight- Wine Shop. The Sala Civica (Civic nates the town. The first settle- Admission free tel +39 0481 888567 library, the library system centre and the 3rd century A.D. The ar- called “agro monfalconese” - together with the Karst traditional museums and monuments, help under- the town, you will find a memorial tablet featuring the original communication trenches, one reaches the From 1511 to 1918, except for a prestigious institution that aims eenth century canvases, Baroque Room) and the Municipal Museum ments date back to the civilization [email protected] fax +39 0481 888609 office, the historical photograph li- chaeological site can be visited area that extends from Trieste to Gorizia and contin- stand this period of history. lines of the poem “San Martino del Carso” by Giuseppe reinforced-concrete fortified line of Mount Sei Busi, short period of Napoleonic rule, at promoting contemporary art by frescoes (that adorned the Cathe- of the Territory can be accessed of the castellieri (fortified bor- www.museomonfalcone.it [email protected] brary and the editorial office of the making a request to the Town Li- Ungaretti and a small private First World War museum. whose battlefield shows how anomalous the war on it was part of the Austro-Hungar- artists from the region and other dral of St. Peter and St. Paul) it is through the gardens of the Town oughs). The Roman thermal baths magazine “Il Territorio”. brary of Ronchi dei Legionari. the Karst was: the distance between the opposite ian empire. A large green field, places. The gallery is housed in possible to go through the history of Hall. The museum houses an area of Monfalcone, which exploited an Municipal Gallery Ford Museum Info: Info: Info: Gruppo Speleologico Carsico trenches was so short that the soldiers may have hit bounded by big horsechestnuts, is the right wing of Palazzo Torri- Gradisca d’Isonzo and of its territory, dedicated to contemporary art and underground hot thermal water of Contemporary Art Leaving the city of Gorizia in the di- Consorzio culturale Monfalconese Town Library via Zona Sacra San Martino del Carso (Go) each other by throwing stones. located at the centre of the town. ani, the Town Hall, and extends from the first evidence of an organ- displays works by sculptor A. Can- spring, were appreciated in the Opening times change depending rection of Gradisca d’Isonzo, along Villa Vicentini Miniussi Androna Palmada , 1 tel +39 340 5581378 Of the four parallel streets, called on three floors. On the first floor ized community in the Medieval and ciani (1863-1955), an outstanding Roman age. Over the centuries the on the exhibitions. The Gallery is the road of the Mainizza, you will piazza Unità d’Italia, 24 34077 Ronchi dei Legionari www.museosanmartinodelcarso.it “rughe”, via Ciotti is for pedes- there is the permanent collection Roman ages, to the building of the artist of the Viennese secession. thermal complex has undergone located at the centre of Monfalcone find an original collection, dedicat- 34077 Ronchi dei Legionari tel +39 0481 477205 trians only. The important street featuring the works by painter fortress by the , A second section of the museum various transformations remain- near the restored building of the ed to Henry Ford: the Ford Gratton tel +39 0481 474298 - 774844 [email protected] joins the promenade along the Luigi Spazzapan. The second floor up to the raising to County, is dedicated to the discovery of the ing in operation until the Second old indoor market. The upper floor Museum. Here Paolo Gratton set fax +39 0481 474087 www.comuneronchi.it walls that follows the course of stages temporary painting, sculp- period in which it went through its historical, cultural and artistic as- World War broke out. of the Gallery is entirely dedicated up the first and only Ford museum [email protected] / www.ccm.it the Isonzo. ture and photography exhibitions. maximum economic, political, civil pects of the municipal territory and to Tranquillo Marangoni, a famous existing in Europe. The castle (middle of the 16th On the top floor you will find the and artistic splendour. of the Collio wine production area. Museum of the Fortress xylographer who lived and worked The façade of the museum re- Blasig Estate century), inside which the Palazzo library, which can be visited on re- Info: Info: of Monfalcone in Monfalcone: 1800 pieces (en- proposes that of the first Italian Founded in 1788, the estate pro- del Capitano was built, was trans- quest. Palazzo Torriani - via Ciotti, 49 piazza XXIV Maggio, 21 The museum of the Fortress of gravings, drawings, watercolours, branch of the “Ford Motor Com- vides evidence of the history and formed by the Austrians into a tel +39 0481 967911 tel +39 0481 637110 Monfalcone is a popular scientific photos) by him are on display. pany”, set up in Trieste in 1923, the events of this land in the past prison where outstanding person- Info: fax +39 0481 960622 fax +39 0481 637112 institute managed on a voluntary Info: piazza Cavour, 44 where the Model T Fords and the two hundred years. alities of the Italian Risorgimento via Battisti, 1 - tel +39 0481 960816 www.comune.gradisca-d-isonzo.go.it cultura@com-.regione.fvg.it basis. The speleological section of tel +39 0481 46262 Fordson tractors, which were de- In 1919 Villa Blasig was the seat

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Open-air Monfalcone’s First World War Open-air Ara Pacis Mundi of Medea surrounding territory, preserves Gorizia’s is possible to do various sports in by tags. Accessible through paths, Gorizia and goes up and down the wood of Plessiva can boast several The Isonzo Museum of Mount San Michele Theme Park Museum of Mount Calvario The Ara Pacis Mundi was built in a hypogean chamber where the First World War Museum nature, such as kayaking and ca- flights of steps and wooden foot- hills up to the northern boundary routes with different levels of diffi- The Isonzo river, characterised by The four-peaked mount, the main The theme park comprises three This open-air museum, that goes 1951 on the Hill of Medea, where Altar is situated. This contains an Borgo Castello - Gorizia noeing on the Isonzo. The wood, bridges, the garden is admission of Dolegna of the Collio, passing culty – both uphill and flat – as well emerald green waters, crosses Austro-Hungarian bulwark on the main areas (I - height 121 of “Pi- through the war events of Gorizia’s the observation post of King Vitto- amphora with: clods of earth of tel +39 0481 533926 in which one can go for walks with free in the months in which its col- through all the towns and cross- as a lot of equipped picnic areas. that part of territory that is named Isonzo Karst, which staged the etrarossa”; Trench of the Selletta plain, extends across the battle rio Emanuele III was set up during the 800 national and foreign war Closed on Mondays various levels of difficulty, com- ours can be enjoyed at their best: ing rich vineyards. From the top of Isontino after it. It is bounded to first gas attack on the Italian front - height 85 “Enrico Toti”; III - Jof- trenches, which are still visible, the First World War. cemeteries in Italy; clods of earth www.provincia.gorizia.it prises several areas equipped for from the beginning of magnolia Mount Quarin, near the tower of Regional Nature Reserve of the the north-west by the Collio hills, (29th June 1916), was harshly dis- fre Trench and Vergine cave), each where, in a period of peace many The monument, erected according coming from Africa and Russia; picnics and barbecues. blooming to rose blooming. Romanesque origin, one can en- Lakes of Doberdò and Pietrarossa to the east by the first rises of puted until its capitulation in Au- with its own specificity, marked by memorial stones and monuments to the project of architect Mario clods of earth from internment General warnings Places joy a beautiful view over the Collio The Nature Reserve set up in 1996 the , to the west by gust of 1916, becoming in its turn clear signs, linked to one another were erected in remembrance of Bacciocchi from Milan, looks like and extermination camps; small In principle, the tours in the va- Viatori Park hills full of vineyards. Some new extends over a surface of 726 hec- the Judrio river, which marks the an important Italian defence site. by a good network of forest paths. the fallen soldiers. During the car a “large enclosure”, that preser- bottles of sea water taken in the rious open-air museums must of natural via Forte del Bosco, 24 charming itineraries have recently tares in the municipalities of Do- border with the , A Monumental zone since 1922, Opened in 2005, it comprises part tour across the open-air museum ved a sacred altar. To carry out points of the Mediterranean, of the never be carried out on one’s own; 34170 Gorizia been created: they can be followed berdò del Lago, Monfalcone and The Karst and extends southwards as far as today it preserves several inter- of the Karst hills above Monfal- it will be possible to visit: the os- this concept, Bacciocchi built: on Tyrrhenian, of the Adriatic and of moreover it is not advisable to tel+39 0481 22636 by bicycle or on the famous Col- Ronchi dei Legionari. The main pe- The toponym derives from the the sea, reaching Grado and its la- esting elements; among them, cone, in particular the heights 121 suary of Oslavia, the Statue of the the east side, 14 close pillars with the Ionian Sea where ships of dif- venture into the caves or into the interest (by appointment only) lio’s yellow Vespa scooter to dis- culiarity of the area are the lakes in Paleo-Indo-European root Kar, goon. Friuli-Isonzo is also one of the Cave of General Lukachich, and 85 that, with the close height Infantryman, the Statue of Enrico a height of 13 metres, on the west ferent countries were sunk. natural cavities if you are not ac- cover the charm of this landscape. which, above all in the lake of Do- which means rock and stone. It Friuli Venezia Giulia’s nine D.O.C. the Schönburg Tunnel and the 77, represented the bulwarks of Toti, the “Ragazzi del 99” Viaduct, side, an external row of pillars clo- companied by speleologists or by Also known as the “garden of azal- berdò, the water level changes sig- refers to hills inhabited since pre- (Denomination of Controlled Ori- Gun Tunnel of the Third Army can the Austro-Hungarian advanced the “Aurelio Baruzzi” railway sub- sed as in a wall along the whole people who know the places and, Coronini Park the various botanical species and Piuma-Isonzo Park eas” of professor Luciano Viatori, Info: nificantly on the basis of the periods history, and exploited in the past gin) and D.O.C.G. (Denomination of be partially visited. The wide bal- defence on the low Karst until Au- way, the Obelisk of Mount Calva- inner side; on the north and south above all, without a valid lighting viale XX Settembre, 14 the architectural elements create Regional Board of Friuli Venezia it extends over an area of 2.5 hec- IAT Cormòns of drought or flood. They represent as areas for grazing and for timber Controlled and Guaranteed Origin) cony of the large square opposite gust of 1916 (the first two) and May rio, the three Crosses of the Calva- sides, solid walls with full-height Info: source. In summer or in the hot tel +39 0481 533485 a sequence of fascinating glimps- Giulia’s Forests tares and is situated in Via Forte via Giacomo Matteotti, 24 a rare example of surface hydrog- collection. Today the northern part wine production areas. Thanks to the museum provides a wonderful of 1917 (the third). For this reason rio, ’s Tomb and the opening at the centre. “The im- Municipality of Medea periods try to avoid sunny or stony es and picturesque views. Seven- via Mazzini, 41 - 33100 Udine del Bosco in the hamlet of Piuma 34071 Cormòns raphy related to Karst phenomena is characterised by thick woods, the easy use of the territory, lots view over Gorizia’s plain and over they were disputed, conquered and Memorial Stone of the Volunteers posing enclosure”, having a width via Torriani, 5 Medea areas due to the possible presence teenth-century statues, panoram- tel +39 0432 294711 (Pevma), next to the Piuma Isonzo The Collio area tel +39 0481 639334 in Europe. The lakes of Doberdò also thanks to interventions of re- of armies passed here, from the the summits of the Julian Alps. lost repeatedly, forcing the thou- from Venezia Giulia. of 50 metres and a length of 30 tel +39 0481 67012 of vipers. ic terraces, fountains, arbours, Park. The owner, a keen gardener, The Collio is a large hilly area situ- [email protected] and Pietrarossa are both located planting with black pine, the south- Turks to ’s army, leaving sands of men fighting in this part and being visible from the whole www.ara-pacis.it [email protected] flights of steps, sheets of water has gathered by now five hundred ated in the extreme part of Friuli’s Enoteca Cormòns in a polje, a flat-bottomed natural ern part, more barren, represents an indelible mark. In fine weather Info: of frontline to make big sacrifices. Info: and a small temple, arranged varieties of azaleas with a preva- plain, bounded to the east by the Palazzo Locatelli depression, with more or less steep the typical Karst vegetation. Be- these lands are the destination of Museum of Mount San Michele Ossuary of Oslavia wisely, provide paths designed like lence of the Azalea Japonica, 150 course of the Isonzo river, to the piazza XXIV Maggio, 21 sides and crossed by groundwater cause of the phenomenon of cal- groups of cyclists attracted by the via Zona Sacra S. Martino Info: town of Oslavia - Gorizia real scenographies. The choice of varieties of rhododendrons com- west by the Judrio river and to the tel +39 0481 630371 tables. In these places the flora and careous erosion of the ground, the beauty of the landscape. del Carso / tel +39 0481 92002 I.A.T. Monfalcone tel +39 0481 531788 the botanical species is peculiar ing from all over the world, over north by the Julian Alps, whose [email protected] the fauna are much varied thanks subsoil is rich in natural cavities. Info: Palazzetto Closed on Mondays as well: evergreen plants typical of 300 types of ancient and modern main town is Cormòns. Charac- to the presence in the reserve of At the end of summer the several Enoteca Regionale La Serenissima Paths of Peace via Sant’Ambrogio, 12 the Mediterranean areas (myrtle, rare roses, 50 varieties of camel- terized by a mild climate and by Wood of Plessiva damp areas (lakes, grasslands, elm-leaved sumach bushes take via Battisti, 30 I.A.T. Fogliano Redipuglia 34074 Monfalcone Direction: Redipuglia cork-tree, holm oak, agave, cedar lias, 120 of magnolias, most of soils especially suitable for fruit Regional Board of Friuli Venezia woods) as opposed to drier Karst the yellow and maroon colours, and 34072 Gradisca d’Isonzo via III Armata, 54 tel +39 0481 494229 Military Memorial of Lebanon) but also some typical which come from the collections tree and vine growing, the Collio Giulia’s Forests environments (moorland, scrub) those travelling along the “vallone” tel +39 0481 99598 Fogliano Redipuglia [email protected] via III Armata - Redipuglia The Coronini Park extends over a of Central-Balkan Europe (Norway Lord Peter Smithers and Van Veen is a worldwide famous wine pro- via Mazzini, 41 - 33100 Udine each with its typical vegetation. road, which from Gorizia leads to fax +39 0481 954539 tel/fax + 39 0481 489139 tel +39 0481 489024 surface of nearly 5 hectares be- spruce, ash, linden), of Asia and of Lugano. A wide selection of duction area that, over the years, tel +39 0432 294711 Inside the Nature Reserve, not Trieste, can appreciate this natu- [email protected] www.prolocofoglianoredipuglia.it Gruppo Speleologico fax +39 0481 488120 hind the ancient Borgo Piazzutta, of America (Himalayan cedar and It extends over 32 hectares avail- Spiraeas, as well as several other has become a popular and exclu- far from the town of Doberdò del ral phenomenon. The production of [email protected] Monfalconese “Amici del Fante” in Gorizia’s city centre. The 18th- Arizona cypress). Re-designed on able to the public, at the foot of necessary “side” species, com- sive tourist destination, both owing The wood of Plessiva is located be- Lago (Doberdob), you will find the wines promoted by the Consorzio via Valentinis 134, century stone portal introduces the wake of an ambitious project of Mount Calvario, where there are plete the different pictures that a to the high quality of its food and tween Cormòns and Dolegna del “Gradina” Visitor Centre (Doberdò Tutela Vini Doc Collio e Carso (Con- 34074 Monfalcone (Go) visitors to the wide avenue bor- urban redevelopment that aimed woodlands with a prevalence of gardener’s imagination, culture, wine offer and to the charm of its Collio. It is entrusted to the protec- del Lago, via Vallone n. 32 - Tel. sortium of Protection of the D.O.C. tel/fax +39 0481 40014 dered by thick, age-old evergreen at proposing Gorizia as a climatic chestnuts, oaks and Downy Oaks, technique and passion have cre- landscape, characterised by kilo- tion of the regional forest agency, +39 0481 784111). At the facility it - Denomination of Controlled Ori- vegetation and by scenographic centre able to attract wealthy visi- wild cherry trees and ash trees, ated with simple flower petals. metres of green hills rich in rows to which one can ask for informa- is possible to visit the historical- gin - Wines from the Collio and the Paths of Peace hedges. Born as an Italian-style tors from the inner regions of the to the Isonzo riverbank, which is The garden was born out of a chal- of vines (and in spring enlivened tion to carry out a guided tour. It is natural museum that, thanks to a Karst) is renowned. I.A.T. Fogliano Redipuglia square-plan garden, during the Habsburg Empire, the Coronini characterised by black and grey al- lenge to Gorizia’s climate (consid- by cherry tree blossoming), where rich in oaks, black locust trees and touch-sound path and with the aid via III Armata, 54 second half of the nineteenth cen- Park was visited by numerous il- der, black poplar and willow trees. ered unsuitable for growing azal- scattered houses and white villag- chestnut trees present since the of dioramas and computers, makes Info: Casa Dell’agricoltura Fogliano Redipuglia tury it was re-designed by count lustrious guests, among whom The alternation of small shores eas, because it is characterised es built around pointed bell towers Roman age, as well as in durmast the understanding of Karst phe- via Gramsci 2 - 4, 34071 Cormons tel/fax +39 0481 489139 Alfredo Coronini Cronberg, who Charles X, the last king of France and rocky spurs, which can be ad- by too hot summers and too cold stand out. An ideal path for discov- oaks. It is possible to see various nomena easier and more enthral- tel +39 0481 630303 www.prolocofoglianoredipuglia.it transformed it into a “landscape” who died at Palazzo Coronini in mired from the panoramic terrace winters), won with perseverance ering the Collio has been existing animal species, such as roe deer, ling. On the other hand, the sub- fax +39 0481 630660 [email protected] garden, a set of free, asymmetri- 1836, and archduke Ludwig Victor overlooking the river, opposite the and ability improving the soil and for many years: the “Strada del fox, badger, hare, pheasant, hawk, jects of Prehistory and of the First [email protected] cal and apparently natural shapes, of Habsburg. The park is open to entrance of the park’s river part, creating an artificial pond. All the Vino e delle ciliegie” (Road of wine buzzard. Equipped with a play- World War are dealt with by means placed on various levels, in which the public with free admission. is extremely fascinating. Here it plants are classified and indicated and of cherries), which starts from ground made entirely of wood, the of original finds.