The Walk of Peace from the Alps to the Adriatic

The three locations I visited from this nomination were railway infrastructure sites in the town of Nova Gorica, right up against the Italian border. The nomination is focused on the sites role in the First World War, and how the militarisation of the landscape and redrawing of the boundaries in the area left a tangible effect on the natural environment, something which was continued thirty years later as the Iron curtain fell across the same corner of Europe.

I have a hazy knowledge of the Isonzo Front and knew it was relevant to this area, even reading the notice boards around the station. I imagine if your were interested in this history Nova Goricia would be an incidental stopping place for you, and as such I can’t really make a judgement on whether this site as a whole is worth inscription, though the natural setting on the Soca/ Isonzo is a rather spectacular and as a whole it is a lovely area to visit.

However, It’s not about the shark!

I wasn’t in Nova Gorica to visit this tentative site. I was in Nova Gorica for purely functional reasons. I had landed at Trieste airport and wanted to get to Skocjan caves, the public transport connections led me to pretty much only one route and one place to stay overnight.

There isn’t a bus to Nova Gorica from the airport though, so I had to get a bus to the Italian town of Gorizia (or Old …