Goriška
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Goriška or Gorizia is a traditional region in western Slovenia on the border of Italy. It's part of the wider traditional region of the Slovenian Littoral (Primorska). Its principal urban center is Nova Gorica. Before World War I, the region was part of the Austrian County of Gorizia and Gradisca with Gorizia as its capital. Following World War I, the area was annexed by the Kingdom of Italy where it was included in the Julian March administrative region. During the fascist regime it was submitted to a violent policy of Italianization. After World War II, the present borders were established: most of the Slovene-inhabited areas of Gorizia and Gradisca were ceded to the Yugoslav republic of Slovenia, while the town of Gorizia and some surrounding villages were left in Italy.
The region encompasses the municipalities of Bovec, Kobarid, Tolmin, Cerkno, Idrija, Kanal ob Soči, Brda, Nova Gorica, Šempeter-Vrtojba, Renče-Vogrsko, Miren-Kostanjevica, Ajdovščina and Vipava. The municipalities of Komen and Sežana also used to be part of the Goriška region, but are nowadays usually considered as part of the Littoral-Kras statistical region.
Famous people from the region include architects Max Fabiani and Vojteh Ravnikar, poets Simon Gregorčič, Alojz Gradnik, Srečko Kosovel and Matej Bor, writers Danilo Lokar, France Bevk, Ivan Pregelj and Ciril Kosmač, pilot pioneer Edvard Rusjan, artists Veno Pilon, Zoran Mušič and Anton Gojmir Kos, military men Anton Haus, Sergej Mašera, Janko Premrl Vojko and Leon Rupnik, author of the melody for the Slovenian national anthem Stanko Premrl, sportsman Jure Franko, entrepreneur Ivo Boscarol and politicians Engelbert Besednjak, Drago Marušič, Marko Natlačen and Borut Pahor, scholars Simon Rutar, Milko Kos, Dušan Pirjevec Ahac, Ivo Urbančič and Dean Komel.
