Jauko – Page 5 – Isonzo Battlefields Travel

08Sep 2017 by Jauko

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…

08Sep 2017 by Jauko

Reenactment of the Battle of Kobarid

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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.

08Sep 2017 by Jauko

Kozjak Waterfall

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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…

08Sep 2017 by Jauko

Kobarid Historical Trail

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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…

07Sep 2017 by Jauko

Solkan Bridge

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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…

07Sep 2017 by Jauko

Mount Sei Busi / Dolina dei 500

Outdoor Museums, Portfolio, ProgramDay1

Mt. Sei Busi Fortified Line of Mt. Sei Busi Linea Fortificata del Monte Sei Busi Around the hilltop of Mt. Sei Busi, visitors can observe a section of the so-called "Large Italian trench", a massive fortified defensive line that used to run from Mt. San Michele to the area of Selz, Doberdò del Lago and Monfalcone. Its construction was ordered by Luigi Cadorna, who intended to block counter-attacks of the Austro-Hungarian army. After some early excavations, the Trench was reinforced with pre-stressed concrete between autumn 1916 and spring 1917. However, it proved useless during the Twelfth Battle of the Isonzo: the Third Army rapidly abandoned it indeed, following the offensive of the Austro-Hungarians on the Upper Isonzo and their incursion into the Natisone Valleys, in order to avoid encirclement.…

07Sep 2017 by Jauko

The trail of four mountain pastures

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23 Sept. Hiking: The trail of four mountain pastures (Mt. Mrzli Vrh) Tolminc cheese manufacturing tradition – Cheese tasting – The hermit’s story – First World War Outdoor Museum Mrzli vrh – Exhibition presenting the life of the historian Simon Rutar.

07Sep 2017 by Jauko

Sveta Gora / Holy Mountain

Overview, Memorials, Portfolio, ProgramDay5

Sveta Gora Sveta Gora ; Italian: Monte Santo di Gorizia) is a settlement in western Slovenia in the Municipality of Nova Gorica. It encompasses Holy Mount (Slovene: Sveta gora), above the Soča Valley and southwest of the Banjšice Plateau. History In May 1917 Sveta Gora was the scene of heavy fighting between Austrian and Italian forces. Sveta Gora became an independent settlement in 2006, when its territory was administratively separated from the territory of Solkan and Grgar.

07Sep 2017 by Jauko

Austro-Hungarian military cemetery WW1, Gorjansko

CerjeGorOsla, Portfolio, ProgramDay3

Gorjansko WW1 Cemetery The Austro-Hungarian cemetery from World War I is situated next to the village cemetery in Gorjansko by the regional road which leads to Klanec and Brestovica. At the military cemetery are buried soldiers of Austro-Hungarian army of various nationalities, who fell in the years 1915-1917 on the Isonzo front. This is the largest cemetery of the Austro-Hungarian army for soldiers lost in the Isonzo Front. As far as 10,000 soldiers of different nationalities are buried here. The cemetery has kept its original design, which blends in with the Karst landscape. March 2022 [gallery type="rectangular" size="full" ids="2696,2697,2698,2699,2700,2701,2703,2702,2704,2705,2706,2707,2708,2711,2709,2712,2710,2713,2714,2715"] February 2018 [gallery link="file" size="full" type="rectangular" ids="2481,2479,2478,2480"] February 2013 [gallery type="rectangular" link="file" size="full" ids="2471,2472,2473,2465,2466,2464,2467,2468,2469,2470,2474,2475,2476,2477"]

07Sep 2017 by Jauko

Cerje Memorial Monument

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Cerje Monument to the defenders of the Slovenian standing on a top Cerje on the western edge of the karst plateau, which opens a wide view of the northern Adriatic Sea, Friuli, Dolomite, Julian Alps, Vipavsko Valley. The initiative for setting up this monumental memorial for all those who have fought in this area and fell, resulting in a patriotic organization TIGR. Location and content design memorials are carefully thought out. Monument to sedemetažni is designed as a tower or fort that connects the past with the future with its content. In seven floors, the visitor can walk through different periods in Slovenian history, landmark times - from prehistory to periods of world wars, the war for independence from Slovenia to the last floor with a panoramic platform, which…