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06Sep 2017 by Jauko

Mount San Michele

Berg San Michele The hill of Monte San Michele (275 m) was one of the key points in the defence of Gorizia during the First World War. The Austro-Hungarian army built an extensive system of caves and shelters there, and equipped them with large calibre guns. After several months of battles, the Italian army managed to conquer the hill in the sixth Isonzo battle. The remains of that time have been restored and the site is protected and given the status of memorial area. Source: Fundacija Pot Miru IBT Programma Onderzoek Augustus 2019 [gallery type="rectangular" link="file" size="full" ids="2415,2416,2419,2409,2410,2414,2417,2411,2413"] IBT Programma Onderzoek Mei 2018 [gallery type="rectangular" link="file" size="full" ids="2405,2404,2403,2406,2402"] IBT Programma Onderzoek Juli 2016 [gallery type="rectangular" link="file" size="full" ids="2389,2390,2393,2391,2397,2392,2394,2396,2395,2388,2398"] IBT Blog Lees alles over de strijd…

06Sep 2017 by Jauko

Mengore

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Mengore The area of Mengore hill (453 m) west from Most na Soči settlement was the core of the Austria-Hungary defense of the Soča River bridge-passage at town Tolmin. The defense line was heavily fortified with the defense trenches, shelters, artillery positions and caverns. The area was all the time of the eleven Italian offensives of Soča River front line from May 23rd 1915 to the September 13th, 1917 under the continuous siege and artillery cannonading. In the 12th offensive when the joined Austro-Hungarian and German troops attacked the Italian positions the Mengore area was the important starting point of the successful breaking trough and pushing the Italian army 90 km to the west to the Piave River.

05Sep 2017 by Jauko

Theme Parc Great War

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Parco Tematico Grande Guerra On the Karst hills behind Monfalcone you can visit the Theme Park of the Great War. Spread over an area of 4 square kilometres, it was opened to the public in 2005 and offers visitors three different itineraries to explore this historical war zone, where several battles were fought between June 1915 and May 1917. Provided with excellent facilities and clear routes, the park can be safely visited even by less-experienced hikers. Unlike other open-air museums that are usually structured along a single route with several stops, the Monfalcone Theme Park of the Great War offers three different itineraries that can be visited all together or individually, depending on the time available. Each itinerary is clearly marked and provided with information panels; visitors can enjoy…

05Sep 2017 by Jauko

Memorial of Redipuglia

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Memorial of Redipuglia Fogliano Redipuglia was part of the Isonzofront for a long time during the First World War on the border of Italian and Austria-Hungarian armies. Several battles took place on the Isonzo River, where many tens of thousands of dead were to regret. Sacrario di Redipuglia The Memorial of Redipuglia is Italy's largest and most majestic memorial dedicated to the soldiers who fell in the Great War. Built at the time of Benito Mussolini, on the slopes of Mt. Sei Busi and designed by architect Giovanni Greppi and sculptor Giannino Castiglioni, it was opened on 18th September 1938 after ten years of construction. This massive monument, also known as Memorial "of the Hundred Thousands", accommodates the remains of 100.187 soldiers who fell in battle in the surrounding…

05Sep 2017 by Jauko

Tolmin

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Tolmin Tolmin (German: Tolmein, Italian: Tolmino) is a municipality in Slovenia and counted 12,198 inhabitants during the census in 2002, divided into 72 living quarters. Local government is based on 23 local councils. Tolmin is in the valley of the Soča. In Tolmin there are still remains of prehistoric occupation. Current building focuses on a terrace above the co-flow of Soča and Tolminka. This building is first mentioned in 1065. The patriarchs of Aquilea (Slovenian: Oglej) founded a reinforcement in 1188 (four-legged design with four hoarsens), followed in 1313 by a larger patriarchal residence. Tolmin was hit by heavy earthquakes in 1348 and 1511 which severely damaged the castle dating from 1188. In the 17th century it was abandoned and expired. In 1713, it was a great uprising against…

01Sep 2017 by Jauko

Kobarid

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Kobarid Kobarid (German: Karfreit; Italian: Caporetto) is a municipality in the region of Goriška not far from Bovec in northwestern Slovenia. Further to the east is Tolmin. The city became famous for the battle of Caporetto in the First World War, from October 24 to November 9, 1917, where the Italian armies who conquered the area suffered a heavy defeat against the Austrian-Hungarian and German armies. After the First World War, Kobarid or Caporetto belonged to Austria for centuries, part of Italy. In 1947, Italy had to resign to Yugoslavia as a result of the Second World War, which belonged to the Republic of Slovenia. Kobarid is a town on the river Soča. That flows in Kobarid a bit slower, causing many canoe drivers to come. At Gregorčičeva 10…

01Sep 2017 by Jauko

Fort Hermann

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Fort Hermann Above the Fort Kluze is an extra fortress, Fort Hermann, built in 1906. There are now only ruins, as the fort was destroyed by cannonballs in 1915. August 2017 [gallery type="rectangular" link="file" size="full" ids="2633,2632,2634,2637,2636,2635"]

01Sep 2017 by Jauko

Fort Kluze

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Fort Kluže The fort Kluže is a fort near Bovec in the Primorska region in northwestern Slovenia. It was built in 1472 as a fortress between Bovec on the road to Cave del Predil and Carinthia. It probably served as a defense of Friuli against the Turks. In the course of the 16th century, Bovec came under Austrian authority as a result of the wars between Venice and the Habsburgers. It became an autonomous county, but for the time being preserved the church dependence of Ciudad and Aquilea. By the end of the 18th century, the entire administration was Austrian, and that would remain until 1918. In 1796-1797, the army of Napoleon pulled through the valley; There was fought around the fortress. In 1903 a part of Bovec was…

01Sep 2017 by Jauko

Kolovrat Mountain

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Kolovrat Kolovrat is about 3.5 km long mountain ridge with the elevations of about ~ 1100 m and is spanning in direction east-west above the right bank of Soča River. On the ridge of Kolovrat, east from the Livške Ravne settlement is a borderline between Italy and Slovenia. From the ridge are panoramic vistas to Julian Alps on the north and Veneto area all the way to the Adriatic Sea. In a time of the First World War the Italian Army built a network of fortified trenches, caverns, and artillery positions named »linea d' armata«. Italian army was monitoring the mountain battlefields on the left bank of Soča River between towns Tolmin and Kobarid. The east most area of Kolovrat between summits of Tinški vrh (1,136 m) and Na Gradu…

01Sep 2017 by Jauko

Ravelnik Outdoor Museum

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Ravelnik Austro-Hungarian first line of defence in the Bovec area. After the Italian occupation of Bovec in August 1915, the Austro-Hungarian Army further reinforced its first line of defence at the eastern rim of the Bovec basin, especially across two hills: Ravelnik (519 m) and Stržišče (486 m). The two elevations form a natural blockade which was changed by the Austro-Hungarian soldiers by means of fortified positions, caves and trenches to the pillar of their defence. An outdoor museum is arranged on the slope of Mt. Ravelnik in the area of the onetime Austro-Hungarian first line of defence. A circular path connects the cleansed and restored trenches and connection tunnels, pillboxes, caves, machine-gun emplacements and reconstructed cabins. There are a lot of remains in this relatively small area. …