Nova Gorica

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Mestna občina Nova Gorica

Area:

309.0 km²

Population
- males
- females

32763
17,497
18,143

Average age:

39.75 years

Residential areas:
- households:
- families:

30.49 m²/person
12,702
10,112

Working active:
- unemployed:

17,273
1,508

Average monthly salary (August 2003):
- gross:
- net:

273,666 SIT
169,623 SIT

College/university students:

1,628

Source: Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia, census of 2002.

Nova Gorica (pronounced [ˈnɔʋa gɔˈɾitsa]; Slovenian for "New Gorizia") (population: 13,852 (town); 21,082 (incl. suburbs); 31,000 (municipality)) is a town and a municipality in western Slovenia, on the Italian border. Nova Gorica is a new town, built in 1948, when the Paris Peace Treaty established a new border between Yugoslavia and Italy, leaving nearby Gorizia outside the borders of Yugoslavia and thus decapitating the area of the lower Vipava Valley from its regional center. Nova Gorica is the principal urban center of the traditional region of Goriška in the Slovenian Littoral.

1 Kostanjevica Hill
2 Sveta Gora
3 Notable residences
4 Sister Cities
5 See also
6 External links

[edit] Kostanjevica Hill

To the south of the town lies Kostanjevica Hill, home to the Church of the Annunciation of Our Lady and a 17th-century Franciscan monastery whose treasures from the past are rich indeed. The last members of the Bourbons, the French royal family, are buried in a crypt beneath the church (Charles X himself, and members of his family and entourage including his son Louis-Antoine de France, and his grandson Henri d'Artois, nephew of Louis (neither Louis-Antoine nor Henri ever reigned as kings). He fled France following the revolution in 1830, finding refuge in Gorizia, and eventually eternal peace. Also buried there is Pierre Louis Jean Casimir, a Bourbon nobleman who also died in exile (in 1839).

Nova Gorica viewed from Sveta Gora.

[edit] Sveta Gora

Opposite Kostanjevica Hill, north of the town is Sveta Gora (Holy Mountain), a peak of 682 m that has attracted pilgrims for 450 years. The view from there is exceptional, and on a clear day visitors can see as far as Istria, Venice, the Dolomites, and the Kamnik and Julian Alps. The mountain top is home to a magnificent basilica, where concerts are occasionally held, a Franciscan monastery, and a museum of the Battles of the Isonzo.

[edit] Notable residences

Among the famous inhabitants of Nova Gorica are philosopher and literary critic Dušan Pirjevec Ahac, ski champion Jure Franko, physicist and academic scholar Danilo Zavrtanik, poet Matej Bor, theatre director Diego de Brea, and architect Boštjan Vuga.

[edit] Sister Cities

Solkanski most over the river Soča

Aleksandrovac, Serbia
Klagenfurt, Austria
Otočac, Croatia
San Vendemiano, Italy

[edit] See also

University of Nova Gorica

[edit] External links

v • d • e Nova Gorica

Towns and villages	Capital:Nova Gorica, Ajševica, Arčoni, Banjšice, Bate, Branik, Brdo, Budihni, Čepovan, Dornberk, Draga, Gradišče nad Prvačino, Grgar, Grgarske Ravne, Kromberk, Lazna, Loke, Lokovec, Lokve, Nemci, Osek, Ozeljan, Podgozd, Potok pri Dornberku, Preserje, Pristava, Prvačina, Ravnica, Rožna Dolina, Saksid, Solkan, Spodnja Branica, Stara Gora, Steske, Šempas, Šmaver, Šmihel, Tabor, Trnovo, Vitovlje, Voglarji, Zalošče

Landmarks	Vipava Valley, Solkan Bridge

Notable people	France Bevk, Nevin Birsa, Matej Bor, Ivo Hvalica, Klement Jug, Boris Kalin, Zdenko Kalin, Vasja Klavora, Danilo Kovačič, Janko Kralj, Branko Marušič, Tomaž Marušič, Iztok Mlakar, Dušan Pirjevec Ahac, Vojteh Ravnikar, Gianni Rijavec, Leon Rupnik, Josip Srebrnič, Jože Srebrnič, Majda Širca, Mojca Širok, Stanislav Škrabec, Boštjan Vuga, Danilo Zavrtanik