Ossuary of Oslavia
Ossuary of Oslavia The charnel house is situated in the hamlet of Oslavia/Oslavje near Gorizia/Gorica. It was built in 1938 after the plans of architect Ghino Venturi of Rome. The monument was created to accommodate the remains of the soldiers who fell in different battles fought around Gorizia and Tolmin (now part of Slovenia) during the Great War. Buried in the charnel house are mortal remains of 57,739 soldiers who were transferred from the military cemeteries in the area from the village of Kamno to Gorizia. The Ossuary lies on a triangular area and includes four towers, one for each vertex of the complex plus a central tower. Inside each tower are the burial niches of the fallen soldiers, all along the walls, for a total of around 20…
Mount Calvario / Podgora
Mt. Calvario / Podgora Along the two kilometres uphill leading to the summit of Mt. Calvario, if you look carefully through the vegetation, you will be able to spot some trenches dug by soldiers during the war. The most visible is the one on the dirt road right on the top, excavated by the 24th Diggers Division after August 1916. Park your car in the esplanade and walk for 5 minutes to the Memorial stone dedicated to the Julian volunteers who fell on this hilltop. The four sides of the stone are engraved with the names of these Italian soldiers, who were considered traitors by the Austro-Hungarians and were killed in 1915 during an assault against the Habsburg defence lines. If you continue driving, after a few minutes you…
Kostnica s Cerkvijo Sv. Antona / Sacrario dei Caduti di Caporetto
Cerkev Svetega Antona Padovanskega / Sacramento de Caduti di Caporetto The military memorial Caporetto or Saint Anthony's sanctuary is an Italian military memorial located in Kobarid, Slovenia; It houses the remains of Italian 7014 killed during the First World War. Built by the Italian state, which belonged to that region, the sanctuary was completed in September 1938 and was opened by the head of the government of time, Benito Mussolini. It was built on the hill Gradic designed by the sculptor Giannino Castiglioni and the architect Giovanni Greppi north of the city of Kobarid, taking the remains of Italian soldiers by the military cemeteries in the area, including those of Bovec. Under the 7014, known as 1748, they were collected in six graves on either side of the middle…
Kremenjak Hill
Kremenjak Kremenjak, a hill with a scenic view and some memories from the Great War era. Gives you a beautiful view of the Karst region where part of the 12 battles of the Isonzo are fought. You can see all the way from Mt. Hermada, along Monfalcone to Redipuglia and Mt. San Michele. IBT Program Research 2019 [gallery type="rectangular" link="file" size="full" ids="2543,2544,2545,2546"] IBT PRogram Research 2017
Mount Hermada
Mt. Hermada The open-air Museum of Mt. Ermada offers a chance to discover the Austro-Hungarian defensive line fortified in September 1916 following the Sixth Battle of the Isonzo. The Italian victory had forced the Habsburg Imperial Army to abandon the high ground around Monfalcone and move to this area around the Karst surrounding Trieste. The choice of settling at Mt. Ermada and the surrounding hilltops was not random, but rather driven by strategic and practical reasons. From here, in fact, you could control both the Valley of Brestovizza (Brestovica Dol, now part of Slovenia) and the passage to Trieste, the Habsburg town claimed by the Italians. The sinkholes, the passages between the rocks and the natural caves of the Karst Plateau perfectly adapted to the needs of the Great…
Reenactment of the Battle of Kobarid
Reenactment of the Battle of Kobarid 17 Sept. 2017 Historical day on Mt. Kolovrat & Reenactment of the Battle of Kobarid (Caporetto) on Mt. Kolovrat For the 100th anniversary of the 12. Isonzo Battle, also known as breakthrough or miracle at Kobarid. We will staged a spectacle, like it was never seen before in Slovenia, about 150 soldiers, 2 airplanes, more than 100 explosions, fire explosion, simulation of a gas attack, arial bombing and arial ground machineguning, hand to hand combat in the real treanches all this and more, we will try to show you how did front line fighting on Isonzo front in world war 1 looked like.
Kozjak Waterfall
Kozjak Waterfall Near Kobarid you can find the Kozjak waterfall. Actually, there are two. Besides the large Kozjak waterfall (Veliki Kozjak) there is also a small Kozjak waterfall (Mali Kozjak). Especially the big Kozjak waterfall is very beautiful. This is due to the beautiful location between high rock walls and the blue-green color of the water. The waterfall itself is white, giving you a mixture of colors. There is a well signposted path to the waterfalls. This walk is initially a bit on a dirt road and along the Soca river. Soon the path runs through the forest along a flowing stream. In the high season, many people use the water along this route by bathing in the go. At first you will encounter the small Kozjak waterfall and…
Kobarid Historical Trail
Kobarid Historical Trail The trail connects placesThe Kobarid historical trail (arhiv www.dolina-soce.com) around Kobarid where important historical, cultural and natural monuments can be seen. The trail is 5 km long, and the tour takes three to five hours. KOBARID, one of the most renowned historical places in Slovenia, was already inhabited in the Hallstat period and prospered in the Roman period. The town is mainly known for the aftermath of the Battle of Kobarid in October 1917, which placed Kobarid on the world map. During the Second World War, Kobarid was the centre of the liberated territory, called the Kobarid Republic. Nearby is an important late Antiquity mountain settlement called Tonocov Grad. The Kobarid Museum presents the story of these historical events and in 1993 it received the Council…
Solkan Bridge
Solkan Bridge The Solkan Bridge (Slovene: Solkanski most, Italian: Ponte di Salcano) is a 219.7-metre (721 ft) arch bridge over the Soča River near Nova Gorica in western Slovenia (by railway terminology it is a viaduct). With an arch span of 85 metres (279 ft), it is the longest stone bridge among train bridges built of stone blocks. It holds the record as later construction technology used reinforced concrete to build bridges. It was originally built in the time of the Secession, between 1900 and 1905, and officially opened in 1906. The bridge was designed by the architect Rudolf Jaussner and engineer Leopold Örley, initially with an 80 m stone arch. The bridge was built by the Viennese construction company Brüder Redlich und Berger between 1904 and 1905. In…