from the Alps to the Adriatic the to Alps the from T W P P W T Muzej na prostem Outdoor museum Freilichtmuseum Museo all`aperto Musée en plein air Trdnjava Fortress Festung Fortezza Forteresse Kostnica Ossuary Beinhaus The Isonzo Front 1915 – 1917 Ossario Ossuaire Informacijski center »Pot miru« Visitor centre »e Walk of Peace« During the 1st World War the Isonzo launched by the soldiers of Besucherzentrum »Weg des Friedens« Centro visitatori »Il Sentiero della pace« (1) Front was part of the 600 kilometres long Austria-Hungary and Germany. Centre de visiteurs »Chemin de la Paix« southwest front which ran from the pass The joint Austro-Hungarian-German Spominska cerkev (3) of Stelvio on the Swiss-Italian-Austrian Memorial church Army caught the Italian troops by surprise border trifurcation across Tyrol, the Gedenkkirche with a new fighting strategy in the 12th Chiesa commemorativa Dolomites, the Carnic and Julian Alps, Eglise commémorative Isonzo Battle. As a result the front moved the Upper Soča Region, Goriška Region Spomenik from the Soča to the river Piave in Italy. Monument (2) and the Kras down to the Adriatic Sea. Denkmal The 12th Isonzo Battle is known in his- Monumento The fights along the Soča went on from tory under several names: the Battle near Monument May 1915 through October 1917. This Kobarid, the Miracle of Kobarid, and, in Vojaško pokopališče warfare was characterized by mountain Italian sources, the Disaster at Kobarid.... Military cemetery (4) Soldatenfriedhof combats – at certain points the front rose Cimitero militare Not only the frontline but also the rear Cimetière militaire even to a higher altitude than 2000 me- played an important role with its dumps Pot miru tres – and fights on rocky grounds, which and stores, transport routes, ropeways, Walk of Peace further aggravated the conditions of war- Weg des Friedens (5) airports and hospitals. Sentiero della pace fare. After the initial incertitude, fights Chemin de la Paix and shifts the frontline stabilized and The war heavily inflicted the locals since Vrh (8) Peak trench warfare began. they had to leave their homes and sought Gipfel refuge, and on their return they found Picco Within the 29 months of fighting be- their homes demolished and the land- Sommet tween Italy and Austria-Hungary twelve Jama scape devastated. Cave Isonzo battles took place. Eleven of Höhle (7) them were launched by the Italian Army About 300,000 soldiers lost their lives in Grotta Grotte and the decisive one, the twelfth, was the fights along the Soča. Muzej (6) Museum Museum Museo Musée (9) Naravna znamenitost Natural heritage Natursehenswürdigkeit (10) Monumento naturale Patrimoine naturel Kulturna znamenitost Cultural heritage Kultursehenswürdigkeit (11) Monumento culturale Patrimoine culturel Turistični informacijski center Try and relax, man relax, and Try Tourist information centre Touristisches Informationszentrum Informazioni turistiche Centre d'informations touristiques (12) (13) O The Walk of Peace ...................................................................................... (14) from the Alps to G ...................................................................................... S the Adriatic H I T W P (20) ...................................................................................... (15) (18) (16) (19) The Walk of Peace interconnects the areas Numerous remains have been left be- (17) and people and rich cultural and natural hind the front which are now perfectly www.potmiru.si heritage along the onetime Isonzo Front. restored and maintained through the ef- ............................................................................................. It is a memorial to all who suffered in the forts of various institutions and societies. time of the 1st World War and a warning Military cemeteries, caves, trenches, char- Visitor centre »e Walk of Peace« against wars which should never happen nel houses, chapels, monuments, outdoor Gregorčičeva 8, 5222 Kobarid again. Above all it promotes the value of museums and other memorials – are part peace and the opportunities for common of significant material and non-material Slovenia development. heritage of European history. Their testi- mony, mood and stories form the spine 00386 (0)5 389 01 67 of today's Walk of Peace from the Julian www.potmiru.si Alps to the Adriatic. [email protected] The Walk is uniformly marked, suit- able for hikers and bikers. Major places ............................................................................................. worth seeing are also accessible by car or bus. The Walk of Peace is a right choice for everyone who wishes to spend their leisure time actively, experience magnifi- The Walk of Peace from the Alps to the Adriatic, the Isonzo Front 1915-1917, cent views and beauties of nature, learn : RDO Smaragdna pot, : The “Walk of Peace about history and culture, meet the locals, in the Soča Region Foundation” : Branka Klemenc, : experience the lifestyle of today and taste Fundacija Poti miru v Posočju, TIC Kanal, Mestna občina Nova Gorica, Občina Miren - Kostanjevica, Lucijan Trošt, Jožef Člekovič, Mitja Madon, : Matic Leban, delicious local food. Recommended are : Markacija, : Kartografija d.o.o., Ljubljana, guided tours, with local tourist guides. : Gorenjski tisk, : 40.000, 2012. 1. Fortress Kluže 7. Outdoor museum 11. Mt. Globočak Open every day throughout the year! It was built in the present form under Mrzli vrh In the time of the Isonzo Front Austria-Hungary in the years 1881– Globočak was one of the more impor- 1882. In the time of the Isonzo Front it The mountain is densely crisscrossed tant fortified Italian peaks of the served as the place for commands and re- with trenches and caves of both the Kolovrat ridge, since it offered an excel- 15. Cerje belligerent sides. Preserved in one of tic Bovec serve units and also as a dressing station. lent view over the Soča valley and the The memorial to defenders of the the caves is the altar of the Holy Virgin Trg golobarskih žrtev 8, Kobariški muzej (The Kobarid Museum) boasts the most compre- In spite of Italian shelling it remained Banjšice plateau. Arranged hiking paths Slovenian land is designed as a seven- undamaged. Throughout the history which was built by Hungarian soldiers. run past numerous remains. SI - 5230 Bovec tic Kobarid hensive narrative about the Isonzo Front, the mountain warfare in storey tower, a stronghold that the Julian Alps, and the 12th Isonzo Battle or the Battle of Kobarid its image and purpose were subject to The circular path of the museum runs 00386 (0)5 389 64 44 Trg svobode 16, SI - 5222 Kobarid connects the past and the future. The (Caporetto/Karfreit). It complements its offer through annual past the alps of Pretovč and Lapoč. [email protected] changes. Today, a museum with a perma- museum collection will symbolically 00386 (0)5 380 04 90 thematic exhibitions. The relief-models of the Upper Soča Region www.bovec.si nent exhibition is arranged in Kluže. present travelling through time. The [email protected] and Mt. Krn, numerous maps and photographs, the exhibits and www.dolina-soce.com the 20-minute documentary film exhaustively describe the famous incentive for erecting this monument battle which stigmatized some world-famous persons, such as 12. Mt. Korada emerged from the patriotic Ernest Hemingway and Erwin Rommel. organisation TIGR. Expert guides take visitors through the Museum, or lead them The Italian Army fortified this strategic along the Kobarid historical trail and along the onetime battlefield. 2. Outdoor museum peak and used it for observation posts Ravelnik and gun positions. St. Gertrude tic Tolmin (Gendrca) is the harbinger of spring Petra Skalarja 4, SI - 5220 Tolmin It is arranged on the onetime first works in the open air and the patron 00386 (0)5 380 04 80 Austro-Hungarian line of defence on saint of the church under the top of Mt. [email protected] the slope of Mt. Ravelnik in the Bovec Korada. The church, which was first www.dolina-soce.com basin. The circular path connects the mentioned in 1523, was destroyed dur- Gregorčičeva 10, SI-5222 Kobarid, Slovenia cleared up and restored trenches and ing the 1st World War but was Tel.: +386 (0)5 3890000, Fax: +386 (0)5 3890002, connection galleries, pillboxes, caves, E-mail: [email protected] afterwards restored. http://www.kobariski-muzej.si machine-gun emplacements and recon- tic Kanal structions of cabins. Pionirska ulica 2, SI - 5213 Kanal 00386 (0)5 398 12 13 [email protected] 8 16. Monument – Signpost www.tic-kanal.si 3. Outdoor museum Čelo HISTORICAL-ETHNOLOGICAL COLLECTION and the Throne of Borojević tic Brda 8. Memorial church of the Holy Spirit on It consists of the Austro-Hungarian fortified gun position on the slope of The monument – signpost, built by the 43rd Infantry Regiment, was erected in honour Grajska cesta 10, Mt. Svinjak. The trench connects two gun positions, a kitchen, observation post, two the Javorca Plateau of the commander to the 7th Austro-Hungarian Corps, Archduke Joseph, and also had dwelling rooms and a shelter. A beautiful view opens from here over the Bovec basin, SI - 5212 Dobrovo v Brdih It stands in exceptionally splendid natural environment of the Julian Alps and has won the function of a signpost since it gives the distances to Lokvica and Kostanjevica. The Mt. Rombon and other nearby mountains. 00386 (0)5 395 95 94 the European Heritage Label. It was built in the time of the Isonzo Front by the Austro- throne of Borojević (the Emperor's – Borojević's Stone Chair) was named after the com- [email protected] Hungarian soldiers in memory of their dead comrades whose names are burnt in on the mander of the 5th Austro-Hungarian Army, Svetozar Borojević von Bojna. www.brda.si oak boards which open like pages of a book along the walls of the church interior. Every Sunday, soldiers of different religions attended the holy mass there and could, for a short tic Nova Gorica time at least, forget about the war. Delpinova 18 b, SI - 5000 Nova Gorica 00386 (0)5 330 46 00 9.