Stadio Enzo Bearzot, via Capodistria 6 Gorizia
HOW TO GET TO GORIZIA
ON THE TRAIN
There are regular trains from Venice and Udine which take around 2 hours. There are also regular trains from Trieste which take around 45 minutes. If you are coming from Slovenian trains you will arrive at Nova Gorica train station about 10 meters from the international border. Cross the square into Italy and take bus number 1 (cost 1 € 3 cents) to the center of Gorizia train station (10 minutes)
BY PLANE
• Ronchi dei Legionari International Airport
(20 km from Gorizia)
Flight schedule: 0481773224
• Marco Polo International Airport of Venice
Flight schedule: 0412609260
• Ljubljana airport
Flight schedule: +38642061981
BY CAR
Along the A4 "Venezia-Trieste" motorway: exit at Villesse at junction n. 17 which leads directly to Gorizia
- Along the H4 highway: after reaching Šempeter pri Gorici, take carriageway no. 103 in Nova Gorica; at the roundabout, follow the signs for Casa Rossa and cross the Slovenia / Italy border
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INFO AND TOURISM
Gorizia is a town in northeastern Italy, in the autonomous region of Friuli Venezia Giulia. It is located at the foot of the Julian Alps, on the border with Slovenia. It is the capital of the province of Gorizia and a local center of tourism, industry and commerce. Since 1947, a twin city of Nova Gorica has developed beyond the modern Italian-Slovenian border.
The whole region was the subject of a territorial dispute between Italy and Yugoslavia after the Second World War: after the new borders were established in 1947 and the historic center was left in Italy, Nova Gorica was built on the Yugoslav side . Taken together, the two cities form an urban agglomeration, which also includes the Slovenian municipality of Šempeter-Vrtojba. Since May 2011, these three cities have been united in a trans-border metropolitan area, administered by a joint Board of Directors.
Gorizia is located at the confluence of the Isonzo and the Vipacco valleys. It is located on a plain overlooked by the hills of Gorizia. Sheltered from the north by a mountain ridge, Gorizia is protected from the cold Bora wind which affects most of the neighboring areas. The city thus enjoys a mild Mediterranean climate throughout the year, making it a popular resort.
The name of the city comes from the Slovenian word gorica which means "small hill", which is a very common toponym in Slovenian inhabited areas.
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In Gorizia one breathes the suspended atmosphere typical of a border town: in Transalpina square, until 2004 physically divided by a wall, one walks with one foot in Italy and the other in Slovenia. Thanks to its particular geographical position, Gorizia has always been culturally influenced by the intersection of different civilizations: the Latin, the Slavic and the Germanic.
Located on the eastern border, it has always played a central role in Central Europe. Today, its streets, architecture and parks bear witness to the great history of this city.
The medieval castle is the heart and symbol of the city: from here the view extends over the gentle expanses of hills and over all of Gorizia, where medieval, baroque and nineteenth-century architecture coexist in a harmonious way. The Habsburg bourgeoisie loved to stroll through the streets of the centre, it is no coincidence that the city was called "Habsburg Nice".
Among the many historic buildings stand out Palazzo della Torre, Palazzo Attems Petzenstein and Palazzo Werdenberg, seat of the Isontina State Library. The history of the Jewish community of Gorizia is instead told in the Museum of the Jerusalem Synagogue on the Isonzo in via Ascoli.
Among enchanting parks, such as the Piuma Park on the Isonzo river, the Park of Palazzo Coronini Cronberg (with trees from all over the world) and the Viatori Garden, culture also has a lot of space: there are many museums to visit, even particular and curious ones, such as the Provincial Museums with the Museum of Fashion and Applied Arts, the Museum of the Great War and the Archaeological Collection, the Museum of the Middle Ages in Gorizia inside the castle.
On the heights of the city, in the locality of Oslavia, is the imposing Ossuary of Oslavia, which collects the remains of Italian and Austro-Hungarian soldiers who fell during the First World War.
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