The territory surrounding the Hotel Ristorante alPonte is distinguished by a great variety of landscapes, from the Collio hills to the sea with the lagoon of Grado and Marano, as far as the Gulf of Trieste.
Internationally known centres of historic and artistic importance such as Aquileia, Palmanova or the old Forum Iulii, now Cividale del Friuli, are only some of the pearls of Friuli Venezia Giulia that are only a few minutes’ drive from the Hotel Ristorante alPonte; even the town of Gradisca d’Isonzo is a little gem with countless surprises in store.
Gradisca D’Isonzo
It is located on the right bank of the river Isonzo, twelve kilometers from the provincial capital, Gorizia, about 35 km from Trieste and 30 km from Udine.
Since ancient times, the river Isonzo was an effective defensive barrier. The area of Gradisca, in particular, was in a position military and economic ideal. You probably already inhabited in Roman times, the present territory of Gradisca was during the Lombard period, a place of frequent and violent raids by the Magyars.
The first document, still preserved, which speaks of the village, dates back to 1176 and describes Gradisca as an agricultural village of seven families, some of Slavic origin, others of Latin origin, subject to the jurisdiction of the Patriarch of Aquileia. History is silent for the next three hundred years, in which the place is an agricultural center politically insignificant, belonging to the estate of Farra d’Isonzo.
Only in 1420, when the Republic of Venice attaches the Patriarchate of Aquileia and thus Gradisca in 1473, the city takes on greater significance.
The city is part of the state Venetian mainland from 1479 to 1511, a period in which it is consolidated through an overhaul of the same, now conceived as a bulwark of Venice (and Christianity) against the Turks.
Taking advantage of the natural defense provided by the Isonzo river, Venice tries to oppose the Turkish incursions creating a fortified line from Mainizza in Fogliano, with Gradisca as a strength. Between 1476 and il1498 is in fact built on the right bank of the Isonzo, a massive defensive fortress. The entire town is enclosed in a mighty wall nearly twenty meters high, while the exterior walls, the river’s waters were diverted and channeled into a wide moat, while the wall is reinforced by seven fortified towers.
Within a few years, the agricultural village has thus acquired such importance that, in 1500, Leonardo da Vinci is sent to Gradisca on behalf of the Venetian Senate, to develop new weapons and defense systems outpost.
The Venetian period currently retain most of the walls, six towers, the Porta Nuova, as well as numerous medieval buildings, including the Church of Our Lady of the Blessed and the home of Venetian Superintendents (since 1965 home of the famous wine “La Serenissima “Regional Wine Italian public first).
In 1511, during the War of the League of Cambrai, the troops of the Archduke of Austria Maximilian I of Habsburg besieged and finally conquered the city: which is from now headed an imperial.
The city becomes important military during the captaincy of Nicholas of the Tower, which is adding new fortifications. At the same time there is a considerable increase in population and the town gained greater autonomy.
From 1615 to 1617 Venice tries in vain to regain control of the territory, beginning the War of Gradisca. After resisting for two years to attack the Venetians, at the end of the war the city became the capital of the new County of Gradisca, later sold by Fernando III, to meet the expenses of the Thirty Years’ War, to Prince John Anthony of Eggenberg.
This is certainly the most prosperous period for the city, which, from a military fortress, undergoes a gradual transformation in the residential town of nobility. The town is enriched with new buildings, many of which are still present today, including the impressive Palazzo Torriani (now Town Hall), the former residence of the noble family of the Della Torre, which belonged to some of the most important masters of the city. Of great importance also some public buildings of the time, the palace of the pawn shop and gallery of merchants (now the lapidary number) and some noble residences like the Palace De-Stuckenfeld Comelli and the Fin De Patuna. Of the same period is the baroque cathedral of Sts. Peter and Paul (built on a pre-existing church, probably of Lombard origin), in which you can admire the monumental tomb where he is buried Nicholas II of the Tower, the first captain of the city, in addition to the altars of the eighteenth century and some frescoes of the same period.
From 1647 to 1717, including the fifty-two locations in the county of Gradisca assume the character of a small independent state, administered by men of valor as Ulderico Francesco della Torre (descended from the Torriani family, lords of Milan), which provide the city a flourishing economy and a substantial degree of independence from the imperial power in legislative matters, and monetary measures.
In 1717, with the extinction of the male line of the House of Eggenberg, the county will be returned to the Habsburgs.
In 1754, under the reign of Maria Theresa of Austria, the city and its territory are fused to the County of Gorizia, to form a new state: the Princely County of Gorizia and Gradisca, while maintaining a significant cultural and economic influence, becoming, despite its political subordination in Gorizia, a bishopric in 1788.
The stability of the counties is disturbed by the arrival of Napoleon, that the conquest in 1797, returning at first to Austria and then win them back again in 1806, when the city became the capital of the department of viceprefettura Passariano. Recovery from Austria after the fall of the French emperor, the city no longer has any military significance, instead buy an outstanding tourist resort town as in the second half of the nineteenth century, while the castle was, for a time, used a prison (hosting many members of the Renaissance).
In 1855, Field Marshal Radetzky, governor of Lombardy-Venetia, allows the removal of part of the walls of the fortress, to a request of the citizens, to give the city more breathing: in 1863 is thus created the “Esplanade”, a fine place meeting, that the beginning of the twentieth century will be enriched by wonderful cafes and trendy clubs.
In 1914 an outbreak of the First World War: the Gradisca participate under the Austro-Hungarian uniform, mainly on the eastern front, but many desert and flee to Italy, to escape the conscription or for ideological reasons and national. During the retreat of Caporetto the city is on fire severely damaged. At the end of the war January 6, 1921, the city was annexed to Italy. Among the more recent buildings, the imposing City Theatre, made from eighteenth-century stables, which overlooks the square unification of Italy, at the entrance of the old town.
In May of 1945, at the end of World War II, the community Gradiscan fears annexation to Tito’s Yugoslavia, but the Italian sovereignty on the territory remains.
For some years Gradisca is also known for the prestigious regional art gallery “Luigi Spazzapan” (in the building Torriani), which, in addition to hosting numerous works of the artist ‘is used to organize exhibitions and artistic events of interest.
The coat of arms of the town of Gradisca d’Isonzo consists of a shield of gold in the upper half of yellow and blue in the bottom half with the symbol of the Latin cross in silver above the crescent, surmounted by a crown walls in the form of nine towers.
The municipality uses, in official ceremonies, the banner. It consists of a cloth in the upper half yellow and half in the bottom of blue, depicting the coat of arms in the center, above which appear the words: “City of Gradisca d’Isonzo”, surrounded by a branch to the left bay and on the right by an oak branch, joined by a tricolor ribbon.
A lounge Central European enclosed by massive walls
There are four periods of Gradisca: the fifteenth century Venetian, the seventeenth century Austrian Habsburg the nineteenth century and the twentieth-century Italian.
Made by the Republic of Venice as a bulwark against Turkish incursions, which in Friuli were furious and frequent, was built by the architects of Venice as a fortified town with wide streets that intersect at right angles (for easy maneuvering of the soldiers) and go to form a regular building fabric, divided into compact blocks of houses.
The fifteenth-century civil construction has been lost. The earliest period of Gradisca remain the House of Venetian Superintendents (now headquarters of the Regional), and the Palace of the IRS (also called Coassini Palace), built between 1479 and 83, which in recent façade alterations.
Between the second half of the sixteenth century. and the first quarter of the seventeenth is to be located Strassoldo Palace, prototype for many other stately mansions built in Gradisca during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
The government of the princes of Eggenberg (1647-1717) was the golden age of Gradisca, which experienced a remarkable economic development, civil, demographic and urban. Muta therefore the appearance also from the point of view of construction, with the fortified village of origin late-fifteenth that turns into citadel residential lordly.
Between 1650 and 1750 are built almost all noble palaces that still characterize the historical center. By the end of the seventeenth century. were probably already completed Casa de ‘Portis, Casa de’ Salamanca, Waterfalls, and one of the most important buildings of the town, Palazzo de ‘Comelli-Stuckenfeld, severe and massive, which borrows from the paginated Strassoldo Palace facade.
In the following decades arise other noble residences such as Casa de ‘Brumatti, House and Home Spangher Ciotti: with the last two you enter in the eighteenth century. All buildings are closed and compact, with a nice rustic portal on the facade, whose style is reminiscent of the tardomanierismo and Venetian Baroque.
But here we are in the province, in a closed fortress, which explains the look a bit ‘harsh, certainly played down by two “Ciacole” in the pub, and the level a bit’ lower than the great Venetian models – although since too high compared to standard construction Friuli period.
In addition to the noble palaces, the city center is enhanced during the captaincy of Uldarico Francesco della Torre (1656-95), two buildings, on public initiative: the Loggia of the Merchants, designed as a meeting place of the local nobility and later became benchmark of the merchant class, and the Palazzo del Monte di Pietà, built to counter the wear practiced by Jews. The first is located in front of the Palace of the Superintendents and the ground floor has a charming loggia with three arches ashlar, and the second, imposing, has an elegant portal surmounted by a canopy in which stands a Baroque sculpture depicting the Pietà.
During the government of the tower took shape even Palazzo Torriani (1710-30), the residence of the noble family Gradisca, a beautiful suburban villa that lies between the city palace and country residence. The building, now the town hall, is undoubtedly the most important of Gradisca: inspired by Palladio, can be read as an outpost of Venetian culture in eastern Friuli.
Noteworthy are also home Toscani, with an impressive rustic portal just softened by small balcony railing, Palace of Fin-Patuna, sensitivity already rococo, and anyway Alps, and Lottieri Palace, whose facade is the restructuring of the previous century structure.
In 1863, with the removal of a section of the defensive walls, Gradisca is open to the greenery of the park, in the Friuli plain, freeing military obsession.
The “Esplanade”, the center of the social life of the town, attracting foreigners, 800, with military parades of Austrian horse and concerts of the Philharmonic Society. After the war arose the coffee Habsburg tradition.
Walking along the route of the old walls, which were studied by Leonardo da Vinci, there are six towers and two massive gates: Porta Nuova and Porta del Soccorso. Inside the walls is the Castle, whose core is the Palazzo del Capitano.
Finally, as regards the religious buildings, are to visit the Cathedral with its beautiful baroque facade and the Church of the Addolorata, built in the late fifteenth century.
Trieste
Trieste, Trst in Slovenian , Triest in German, Trieszt Hungarian capital of the province and the region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, and more particularly the historical and geographical region of Venezia Giulia. It is the most populous and most densely populated in the region.
Trieste serves as a bridge between Western Europe and Central and South America, blending Mediterranean and European characters. It is an important railway and maritime transport. Its port, located in the heart of the European continent, was the main maritime outlet of the Hapsburg Empire. Today it is a hub for international trade flows between the land-sea markets of Central and Eastern Europe and Asia.
The city is located in the far north-eastern Italian, near the border with Slovenia, the northernmost part of the Northern Adriatic and facing the bay. The town is mainly occupied by a hillside that becomes a mountain, even in areas surrounding the village, situated at the foot of an imposing escarpment that comes down abruptly from the plateau of the Carso to the sea. The Karst mountain, close to the city, reach the altitude of 458 meters above sea level. The municipality of Trieste is divided into several climatic zones depending on the distance from the sea or altitude.
Below the city roads flowing streams coming from the plateau. A free flow of air time, since the city has developed, starting from the second half of the eighteenth century, were channeled into proper lines and still run through the underground of today’s Via Carducci (formerly by the Stream, in fact), via Battisti (formerly Lane Stadium), Viale XX Settembre (ex Aqueduct Avenue), via the Seven fountains or square between Rivi. South of the city flows the Rio Ospo that marks the geographical border with Istria [. Moreover, the current area of the city between the railway station and the sea, “via Carducci” and Piazza della Borsa, the Theresian, was built in the eighteenth century after the burial of the previous saline order of Empress Maria Theresa of Austria .
The general climate exception day, a few years rare, some other more frequent, in which the so-called Bora blowing wind that wedges from the hinterland along the low passes that open in the mountains behind the city, to get off of Trieste and the Gulf. Although the air temperature by adiabatic compression descending on the city to warm up, however, three or four degrees, gusts greater increase in skin sensation of cold, even with relatively mild temperatures. Exceptionally the Bora blows for a short period in summer, sometimes raising temperatures even above 35 degrees. The gusts of air of continental origin from east-north-east at the mouth of the Adriatic buy additional speed and in exceptional cases in the open sea can reach 50 knots, as recorded in December 1996. In some areas the bora is stronger and more frequently than in others, and only the area of the coast, from Miramare in Sistiana, is totally immune from the effect of the wind. Very interesting is the frequency pattern bora and easterly winds in general, that in the last 100 years has decreased by 28 days, while the south wind and southerly winds have increased in frequency of 18 days per year. Given the proximity of the finds, short rains can occur throughout the year (this is a distinction with respect to the typical Mediterranean climate), but during the summer months rainfall is still rare and mainly thunderstorms (July is usually the driest month ). The rainfall reached its peak in frequency and intensity in November and April, when normally falls latitude Atlantic disrupted the flow of currents.
Gorizia
Border town, this is the atmosphere in every corner of Gorizia. Here just really take a step to move from Italy to Slovenia.
Gorizia over the centuries has been influenced by various cultures of Europe, it was a true crossroads of peoples and traditions and it still bears the traces.
Walking through the city one can admire medieval architecture, baroque and nineteenth century, but the view is suddenly caught by the castle that dominates the city.
The Castle of Gorizia, dating back to the eleventh century, stands on a hill with a spectacular view of the city and surrounding landscape. Over the centuries it housed several masters and underwent several modifications to the original plan, also changing for different purposes. To date, the last reconstruction, which took place following the bombing of World War I, gives the structure a medieval aspect.
The city lies on the banks of a river, and is surrounded by a magnificent landscape. Near the river winds Park Feather, ideal place for trekking lovers or those who want to practice kayaking and canoeing. But there also were green spaces in the city center, many are in fact the public gardens and parks that are walking through the streets of downtown.
Culture lovers can visit the many museums, churches and buildings of the city, such as Palazzo Lantieri, the Fondazione Palazzo Coronini Cronberg, the Cathedral, the Synagogue, the Tower Palace or Palazzo Attems Petzenstein. In order to really get the city of Gorizia, you can not give to a stop in some restaurant or wine shop where you can taste the famous local wines and tasty local products such as honey, mushrooms, oil, and gibanica. The kitchen Gorizia is also the perfect synthesis of the traditional Friulian, Slovenian and Austrian.
Udine
The city is located in the center of the region of Friuli. It is, as the crow flies, about 20 km from Slovenia, and about 54 km from Austria. This puts us in a strategic position at the intersection of East-West European lines (Corridor 5) and north-south (Via Iulia Augusta, now recognized by the European Union as part of the Baltic-Adriatic Corridor, on the road leading to to Austria and Eastern Europe.
It rises in the high plains around an isolated hill (according to legend, built by Attila to admire the fire that he caused the city of Aquileia), on top of which is located ilcastello, a few kilometers from the hills, and is backed Cormor west by the river and from the river to the east tower.
Capital of the historical region of Friuli, inhabited from the Neolithic [8], soon increased its importance through the decline of Aquileia and Cividale first then. Cited in occasion of the donation of the castle town by the Emperor Otto II in 983 under the name of Udene, in 1222 became one of the residences of the Patriarchs of Aquileia, thanks to the Patriarch Berthold of Andechs, who moved from Cividale in Udine following an earthquake that lesionò his residence (25 December). Because of its centrality was increasingly preferred by the patriarchs, who later became erect the patriarchal palace. In the fourteenth century Udine became the most important city in the region for trade and trade at the expense of Aquileia and Cividale. On 7 June 1420, following the war between Venice and the Patriarchate of Aquileia, the city was conquered by the Venetian troops, marking the fall and the end of the temporal power of the Patriarchs.
The civil war of 1511
The city of Udine was concerned, from February 27, 1511, a civil war has passed into history as the cruel zoiba fat that turned bloody and soon extended to the whole Friuli. To aggravate the conditions of the population was in the days immediately following, a violent earthquake after which developed numerous fires and the collapse of the Castle. Good last, came the plague to ensure that the situation deteriorates further. Linked to Zoiba Fat is the Friulian origin of Romeo and Juliet, two young, Lucina and Luigi, belonging to the rival families of Savorgnan and Da Porto.
In 1521 the Republic of Venice to Austria entered into the Treaty of Worms, ending a long and exhausting war that had cost the Venetian fortress of Gradisca (1511). The Treaty of Worms established boundaries rather abnormal, a “patchy”, with Venetian enclaves situated within the territory assigned to the Habsburg and Austrian possessions identified in the heart of the Venetian territory, leading to a situation of instability and ambiguity against the historic enemy of the Republic. The Republic of San Marco was particularly vulnerable along its gentle eastern border, and similar accommodation could only increase tension and territorial claims, in a geopolitical climate made it very difficult raids of the Ottomans (1477, 1478) came to loot and burn Treviso in 1499.
From Venetian rule the First World War
Under the rule of the Venetian Republic from 1420 to 1797, Udine became the seventh largest city of the Republic of importance and population (the first when considering the territory of present Friuli-Venezia Giulia) and it was until the end of the eighteenth century [11 ]. Brackets due to the French Napoleonic campaigns, following the Restoration Udine saw the transition to the Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia, was placed under the sovereignty of the then Austrian Empire.
In 1848, during the War of Independence, the city rebelled against the Austrians along with the rest of Friuli. It was created a provisional government in Palmanova under the leadership of General Carlo Zucchi. The Habsburg army took Palmanova, burned many neighboring countries, and finally bombed Udine, which capitulated. These events were passionately told by writer Catherine Percoto eyewitness to the events. In 1866, it was annexed to the Kingdom of Italy.
From World War I to the end of the twentieth century
During the First World War was Udine, until the defeat of Caporetto, Italian High Command headquarters, so as to receive the title of “Capital of war.” The psychiatric hospital of St. Oswald, a few kilometers from the military command of the operations of war, was transformed in 1916 into a military hospital. The mentally ill were transferred to other hospitals in Italian but the hospital still housed a thousand patients, in the military. Just near the hospital was established a munitions depot. On August 27, 1917 at 11:00 am the ammunition depot exploded, causing a disaster which was never recognized the exact number of civilian and military casualties and caused the complete destruction of the homes of a vast area of the church of St. Oswald and asylum of St. Oswald.
The disaster that is caused by underestimation of the danger of ammunition storage and gas by Italian soldiers, came under censorship by the military authorities, however, in those months in the city to conduct the war, and he is remembered by the people with Udinese name of “burst of Oswald” or “Powder of St Oswald”. Less than two months later followed laDisfatta of Caporetto, October 24, 1917.
In the First World War the city became the capital of the Province of Friuli, which included the then province of Gorizia (until 1927), and the current provinces of Pordenone (up al1968) and Udine. After September 8, 1943 was placed under the direct military of the Third Reich in the area of operations of the Adriatic coast, which ended with the end of the German occupation in April 1945.
On 6 May 1976 the city was hit by a disastrous earthquake in Friuli. Although in Udine the number of victims was not high, the City and Citizenship contributed substantially to the reconstruction, organizing aid to the affected population. Following the earthquake, he was appointed by the Italian Government Commissioner for Civil Protection Giuseppe Zamberletti. On that occasion arose a modern and organized the Italian Civil Protection.
Admire Udine from its hill, where the castle stands, and who, according to legend, was built from the ground transported with the helmets of the soldiers of Attila the Hun, to give the possibility to admire the latter Aquileia from above, as it burned after his devastating passage.
Here you will find the castle and your vision will range over the red roofs of the city, then fly with his eyes on the crown of hills and mountains that protects, to the north, the capital of Friuli. To the south, however, less than an hour’s drive, there is the Adriatic Sea.
Imagine Udine in the eighteenth century, when Giambattista Tiepolo reached his artistic maturity right here: now you can admire masterpieces in the galleries of Tiepolo in the Patriarchal Palace), the Cathedral, the church of Purity.
Experience the ritual of tajut: a good glass of wine to be enjoyed in a convivial atmosphere
Udine is an elegant and friendly atmosphere. In the late afternoon, after work, people find themselves in the taverns of the city to drink, as they say in the Friulian language, a taj of chel bon: a good glass of wine, to be enjoyed in the company absolutely.
Udine between squares Venetian charm and old buildings
From Freedom Square, “the most beautiful square in Venice on the mainland,” Piazza Matteotti (or Herb), which, all surrounded by arcades, looks like a living room open, look at the parade of colorful and buildings announcing the spirit of Udine.
Shopping treated between stores and craft shops
Walk the charming streets of Udine, onto which kept shops and craft shops (the goldsmith’s art takes the style Lombards), coffee and Osterias: a city on a human scale where people live laborious and friendly.
The good life is at home! Indeed, in the city. Friulana
Flavors of Friuli, cultural events and festivals of tradition (as Friuli Doc), welcoming B & B’s and historic hotels and design: everything invites you to live in Udine a holiday or an unforgettable weekend.
Go to museums in Udine
There are many museums that you can visit to Udine as: the Gallery of Modern Art, Galleries Project, the Civic Museum of Ancient Art History and the Collection Ciceri, the Archaeological Museum, the Gallery of Ancient Art, the Gallery of Drawings and Prints and Friuli Museum of Photography.
Il Carso Goriziano e il Fronte della Prima Guerra Mondiale
The Italian front, affected by the Great War, extending for about 650 km and it was on the Isonzo who fought the toughest battles and bloody: eleven in the summer of 1915 to the summer of 1917.
In just the battles mentioned, Italy lost about 627,500 men in dead, wounded, missing and prisoners, the Austro-Hungarians about 489,500.
The two armies faced each other along a front stretching from the Bovec basin Sabotino the mountain that overlooks the hills in front of Gorizia; Isonzo flows between the two steep mountain slopes, forming an almost impassable obstacle. Here Italian and Austro-Hungarians fought for months, protected by entrenched lines that they had to adapt to the orography and the characteristics of the battlefield.
The Austro-Hungarian therefore opposed to Italian troops on a line almost always dominant passed through places now famous for fans and scholars of the period: Mount Rombon, Black Mountain, Tolmin, Saint Lucia, Saint Mary, Kuk mountain, Mount Vodice , Monte Santo, Oslavia, Podgora, Monte San Michele, San Martino del Carso, Mount Sei Busi, Doberdo Debeli mountain and hill Cosich.
The Italian soldiers occupied Gradisca, and Monfalcone, is first attested in the trenches on the Karst Edge, a short distance from the Austro-Hungarian positions. The starting positions of the two armies dissanguarono with attacks and counterattacks which often led to the conquest of a few meters or new positions of little strategic importance.
Shrine of Redipuglia is the largest and most impressive among Italian military cemeteries. There are collected and stored the bodies of fallen approximately 100,000, of which 40,000 and 60,000 known unknown. It was officially opened by Benito Mussolini September 18, 1938. The monumental work is presented as a grand and ordered military deployment headed by his commanders. At the base of the stairs is the tomb of the Duke of Aosta, commander of the Third Army, flanked by those of his generals.
Behind these stand 22 steps to contain the bodies of the fallen known. Large step higher on the sides of the votive chapel, are the remains of the fallen unknown.
In front of the shrine, there is the St. Elias hill that was once the Cemetery of the Thirty Invitti of the Third Army, where the will of the Duke of Aosta, after the war, were entombed the remains of 30,000 fallen soldiers on the front of the Karst and Isonzo. Following the demise of the cemetery and the transfer of remains in the current one, has now become Sant’Elia Hill Memorial Park. Right next to the hill is the Museum of the Great War, in which there are important examples of the events that occurred here.
The Austro-Hungarian Fogliano Cemetery is located about one kilometer from Shrine Redipuglia and collect the bodies of 14,550 soldiers from various war cemeteries discharged. Campo Santo in an alley, surrounded by tall cypress trees, leads to the large common grave where lie 7,000 soldiers unknown.
Just behind the shrine we find the famous Mount Sei Busi, scene of fierce battles where you can still visit, kept in good condition, the so-called “trench” Italian, one of the many works that are present to witness the hard life of a soldier.
The Monte San Michele is one of the highest mountains of the karst area of Gorizia, from this mountain Hungarian soldiers of the Division “Honved” controlled the Italian trenches below. After the capture of Gorizia and the shifting of the Austrian front, the caves were expanded and adapted to the needs of the Italian Army artillery here lined up several pieces of 149 mm.
At what today is called the “Area of Battles”, where you can see both Italian and Austrian entrenched lines, there is a trench more difficult to occupy for the Italian troops, the branches of the Trench, located a short distance from Cippo Corridoni and characterized by an underground walkway that connects with the nearby Dolina dei Bersaglieri, called Dolina dei Cinquecento, which is a site of great historical interest because in it there are some remains of the ruins of masonry structures of what was a dressing advanced to the front line of San Martino.
Theme Park of the Great War can be accessed fortified sites valued by the Municipality of Monfalcone on the hills behind the town. Along the three tracks arranged, you can visit the many testimonies of the great battles that took place here.
The Museum of the Great War of Gorizia in the Castle of the city consists of 9 rooms created especially with regard to the reconstruction of life in the trenches, with photographic evidence of the city of Gorizia and the daily life of soldiers and civilians.
Palmanova e Aquileia
Town fortress built by the Venetians in 1593, is called the star-shaped city for its polygonal star with 9 points. Since 1960, a national monument.
History
In this climate of uncertainty and concern for the territorial integrity of Venice, the Senate decided to build a fortress, at a point close to the border with the Habsburgs, in a language of the territory between Udine and Marano (fortified cities in hand in Venice) wedged in Austria. Implementation of the project took part in a team of engineers, treatises, expert architects military fortifications belonging to the Office of Venice, including the Superintendent General Giulio Savorgnan, chief designer of the fortress. On 7 October 1593 the foundation stone was laid for the construction of the new fortress Marcantonio Barbaro and was appointed the first Superintendent General of Palma.