Merry X-Mas & Happy New Year
Isonzo Battlefields Travel wishes you a merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Hope to see you at one of our journeys.
A one-legged war hero
A one-legged war hero It remains a difficult story with those Italian war heroes. First, after the First World War, the fascists blow all the stories about the Italian heroes to mythical proportions, so that they can no longer be taken seriously, (for which thanks Benito and your friends). And after the Second World War, with Italy as losing and wrong party, there was no motivation anymore to put the Italian soldiers on a pedestal. But nevertheless, there are special stories to tell about a few people who speak to the imagination. Although fascist propaganda remains lurking in it. This is the story of a one-legged soldier who fought on the Italian front. Now, one-legged soldiers were more common in the war, but Enrico Toti, the protagonist of this…
Program research
Program research From the 9th of November until the 14th of November we have been to Slovenia for a short visit to confirm all agreements about the program accommodation and the guides. We also to the liberty to visit a few locations like Kremenjak, beautifully colored in autumn red and Kolovrat, amazingly covered in snow. Below a short impression: Kremenjak [ngg_images source="galleries" container_ids="1" display_type="photocrati-nextgen_basic_thumbnails" override_thumbnail_settings="0" thumbnail_width="240" thumbnail_height="160" thumbnail_crop="1" images_per_page="20" number_of_columns="0" ajax_pagination="0" show_all_in_lightbox="0" use_imagebrowser_effect="0" show_slideshow_link="0" slideshow_link_text="[Show slideshow]" order_by="sortorder" order_direction="ASC" returns="included" maximum_entity_count="500"] https://www.facebook.com/IsonzoBattlefields/videos/357380078023102/ Kobarid [ngg_images source="galleries" container_ids="2" display_type="photocrati-nextgen_basic_thumbnails" override_thumbnail_settings="0" thumbnail_width="240" thumbnail_height="160" thumbnail_crop="1" images_per_page="20" number_of_columns="0" ajax_pagination="0" show_all_in_lightbox="0" use_imagebrowser_effect="0" show_slideshow_link="0" slideshow_link_text="[Show slideshow]" order_by="sortorder" order_direction="ASC" returns="included" maximum_entity_count="500"] Kolovrat [ngg_images source="galleries" container_ids="3" display_type="photocrati-nextgen_basic_thumbnails" override_thumbnail_settings="0" thumbnail_width="240" thumbnail_height="160" thumbnail_crop="1" images_per_page="20" number_of_columns="0" ajax_pagination="0" show_all_in_lightbox="0" use_imagebrowser_effect="0" show_slideshow_link="0" slideshow_link_text="[Show slideshow]" order_by="sortorder" order_direction="ASC" returns="included" maximum_entity_count="500"] https://www.facebook.com/IsonzoBattlefields/videos/358817134546063/
The “Great Wall” of Karst
40 - COASTLAND TRENCH PARK IN CONTOVELLO A new itinerary of the Great War is active from this summer in Contovello. In the area of Contovello, in the well-known and popular wood extending parallel to the Vicentina, or better Napoleonica road (Alpe Adria Trail), between the Sanctuary of Monte Grisa and the Obelisk, in the collective property of Contovello is located the Coastland Trench Park, taking its name from the finding in the area of a large number of ornamental brooches of the 40th regiment. The Coastland Trench is a complex, which extended from Duino (Trieste, ITALY) to Novigrad (Istra, CROATIA) built in order to defend the city of Trieste and the Austro-Hungarian Coastland but never used. The “Great Wall” of Karst is a structure of impressive dimensions. Length…
Tunnel Vision: The Babinrub Tunnels
Tunnel Vision: The Babinrub Tunnels On a sunny day during my first visit to Isonzofront was a day trip to Gorizia on the agenda. After an early breakfast in Tolmin we rode on Monday morning to this former Austrian city, then called Görz. The road from Tolmin to Gorizia extends largely along the Isonzo and by the morning peak, the total lack of it - enjoying the landscape and the sun. After a short hour, we approached Gorizia's surroundings. In the valley in which we drive, the Isonzo slowly flows on our right to the Adriatic Sea. It is extremely peaceful and it is hard to imagine that the Italian soldiers were on our side hundred years ago. On the left of the road lies the hill where the…
Kobarid Museum Day
Kobarid Museum Day 21 October at 15.00 The Kobarid Museum Day and the opening of two exhibitions: Kobarid - Caporetto - Karfreit 1917 and What is miraculous about the war?
Brda (Goriška)
Brda (Goriška) The Municipality of Brda (pronounced [ˈbəɾda]; Slovene: Občina Brda, Italian: Comune di Collio) is a municipality in western Slovenia. It is located in the Slovenian Littoral region, extending from the Italian border to the Soča River. It is bounded by Sabotin Hill (609 meters or 1,998 feet) to the east and Korada Hill (812 meters or 2,664 feet) to the north.[2] The municipality comprises the Slovenian part of the Gorizia Hills (Slovene: Goriška brda, Italian: Collio Goriziano), which are one of the most important wine-producing microregions in Slovenia. It enjoys a mild Mediterranean climate and it is protected from the strong Bora wind, which frequently blows in other parts of the Slovenian Littoral. Agriculture is an important part of the local economy: besides grapes, cherries are the…
Website
Website Live It has been the 1ste of October and from today our website (www.IsonzoBattlefields.com) is live! We also made a Facebook - (https://www.facebook.com/IsonzoBattlefields) and Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/IsonzoBattlefields/) account, so you cab follow us here.
Čelo Outdoor Museum
Outdoor museum Čelo Austro-Hungarian gun positions The outdoor museum Čelo represents gun fortification which was built by the Austro-Hungarian Army on the slope of Mt. Svinjak with an excellent view in the spring of 1915, just before the Italian–Austro-Hungarian encounter. The fortification was part of the Bovec blockade system (Sperre Flitsch) that played an important role in the defence of the valley part of the front line in the Bovec area. The main part of the fortification consists of 200-metre long trench with masoned walls which connects two gun positions with a kitchen, an observation post, two dormitories for 40 men, and a shelter for 20 soldiers. The trench had 150 crenels for riflemen. A beautiful view is offered on Čelo over the Bovec basin, Mt. Rombon and the…
