Gorzia/Nova Gorica #10

Gorizia/Miren border crossing

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.

The last POI of our visit to the divided town of Gorzia and Nova Gorica was a border crossing point to the south of the town. Here the border changes direction and is marked by several border markers. As with other places, markers appeared in residents gardens.

Sometimes it is difficult to track what is “on the ground” and maps or other records. In this case 2 border markers appeared to be in a Slovenian property owners garden (60/44 and 60/45). 61/1 was damaged and we could not find 61/3.

The border

Use the map above to identify the border markers within the photos.

Looking into Italy. From L to R, BM#61/1 on the left hand side of the road. BM#61 on the right hand side of the road, and BM#60/45 on the property line behind the Italy sign.

Looking into Slovenia BM#61 on the left with BM#61/1 on the right hand side of the road.

Italy national sign with BM#60/45 behind.

Slovenian national sign with broken BM#61/1

The border markers

Although BM#61/1 had been replaced, a damaged one was lying on the grass bank. Here is Steen deciding if he can take it in hand luggage or not.

BM#61/2 we could not find the third one in the sequence.

The cemetery

Near to this border crossing there is a large cemetery. Initially in 1947 the border went through the plot making access to the local people difficult especially during the period of the cold war. Later border readjustments meant the whole of the cemetery belonged to Slovenia.