Gorizia/Nova Gorica #9

Via Vittorio – Goriška ulica

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.

This border crossing point links the Italian road of Via Vittorio with its Slovenian equivalent of Goriška ulica. Here the border cuts diagonally across the street marked on each end by different style border markers. The border then follows the edge of the Italian properties being marked by additional intermediate border markers.

The border

Slovenian national and local signs – note BM#59/1 inset in the road.
The border is clearly marked in the road surface and the markings in the top of BM#59 align perfectly.

The border markers

Ulicia Franca Kramraja

As the border curves around the Italian buildings, marked by BM#58/21 and BM#58/22 it then follows the wall of the adjacent Italian hospital.

Date of Visit: 30 September 2023

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