The Slovenian House
Gorizia is a town in north eastern Italy, situated on the Isonzo River north of Trieste. By treaty in 1947 Yugoslavia received the northern outskirts of the town, and the adjoining Yugoslav town of Nova Gorica was developed. With the breakup of Yugoslavia, the frontier remained as the division between Italy and Slovenia until the implementation of the Schengen Agreement by Slovenia on December 21, 2007. Since May 2011, these towns have been joined in a common trans-border metropolitan zone, administered by a joint administration board. This report is part of a series from a day I spent visiting the borders in this divided town. Links to the right for the other reports as I did them. I visited this point as part of the IBRG SITEX-23 expedition.
Most border enthusiasts know about this point of interest, either when looking at the local maps or through discussions about Gorizia generally. In some discussions there are questions about the pene -exclave status of the house. It’s clear that the house is a contiguous part of Slovenia and directly accessible so no exclave here. The interesting point is the strange drawing of the border around the house.
The numbering of the 2 houses follows the sequence in the nearby Slovenian road Ulicia Pinka Tomažiča. But for us it was the four border markers at the corners of the property plots that denotes the border clearly. Speaking to the property owner of #33 he could not fully explain why the border was drawn like this saying it was his Grandmother who knew all the details.
Normally these configurations are the consequence of the individual property owners making representations to belong in a particular country. With the permission of the property owners we were able to photograph the border markers. No photos existed on the internet so we were very pleased to be allowed.
The houses
The border markers
Whilst it may upset the purists, it is interesting how property owners with border markers nearby use them almost as a garden ornament and not an artifact of an international treaty.
The boundaries
Date of Visit: 30 September 2023
Barry's Borderpoints 
Great and interesting post. Thanks for sharing and the effort to get these great photos!
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Thank you. What was particularly great was getting permission to walk around the houses to get photos of all the BM’s which I don’t think has been done before.
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