Gorizia/Nova Gorica #2

Cesta IX. korousa – Via del Monte Santo

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.

The following border POI is the main road into the Italian side of the joint town. The border takes a number of sharp turns and crosses the road as a straight line before again changing direction and moving in a south easterly direction towards the centre of town and the famed Europa Square. I visited this point as part of the IBRG SITEX-23 expedition.