Vrtojba - Sv. Ot - Bukovica - Bilje
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- Distance
- 9.08 mi
- Elevation gain
- 1,306 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 1,306 ft
- Max elevation
- 509 ft
- TrailRank
- 34
- Min elevation
- 133 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Time
- 58 minutes
- Coordinates
- 2345
- Uploaded
- April 28, 2015
- Recorded
- April 2015
near Šempeter pri Gorici, Šempeter-Vrtojba (Slovenija)
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The valleys and hills enclosed in the triangle with the villages of Vrtojba, Bilje and Bukovica (Nova Gorica, Slovenia) at the top are totally covered with rows of vines; a sort of miniature Langhe.
Some vineyards are so well cared for by their owners that they give the idea of being gardens and not just slopes planted with vines.
During the First World War, these places were the scene of fierce fighting between the Italian and Austro-Hungarian armies for 14 months between the end of 1915 and the beginning of 1917 (7th, 8th and 9th battle of the Isonzo). The village of Vrtojba was severely hit: hundreds of families fled elsewhere, 4% of the population died, both churches in the country destroyed. Immediately after the First World War the Vrtojba area was in Italian territory; the Italians called the town Camposanto for the presence of at least 12 war cemeteries. In 1928, the remains of at least 3,300 soldiers were exhumed and taken to the central cemetery of Vrtojba. In 1938 the Italian authorities took the bodies of their soldiers to the Oslavia ossuary.
Today the information signs in several languages scattered along the path of the "Pot Miru / Path of Peace" and the solitary war cemetery near the village of Bukovica are witnesses of those events.
The itinerary presented here, which in the first section crosses the wood north of Bukovica, is only one of the possible proposals as the hilly area is crossed by a network of dirt roads, dirt roads and sheep tracks usually in excellent condition and mostly pedaled.
There is also a fitness trail with 16 gymnastic points equipped with tools. The tombstones of soldiers whose mortal remains were moved to the central cemetery of Vrtojba were also used as building materials.
The beauty of these hills is such that it was immortalized in one of the scenes of the film "Zoran, my stupid nephew". The esteemed Slovenian painter and engraver Anton Zoran Mušič was born in Bukovica.
Some vineyards are so well cared for by their owners that they give the idea of being gardens and not just slopes planted with vines.
During the First World War, these places were the scene of fierce fighting between the Italian and Austro-Hungarian armies for 14 months between the end of 1915 and the beginning of 1917 (7th, 8th and 9th battle of the Isonzo). The village of Vrtojba was severely hit: hundreds of families fled elsewhere, 4% of the population died, both churches in the country destroyed. Immediately after the First World War the Vrtojba area was in Italian territory; the Italians called the town Camposanto for the presence of at least 12 war cemeteries. In 1928, the remains of at least 3,300 soldiers were exhumed and taken to the central cemetery of Vrtojba. In 1938 the Italian authorities took the bodies of their soldiers to the Oslavia ossuary.
Today the information signs in several languages scattered along the path of the "Pot Miru / Path of Peace" and the solitary war cemetery near the village of Bukovica are witnesses of those events.
The itinerary presented here, which in the first section crosses the wood north of Bukovica, is only one of the possible proposals as the hilly area is crossed by a network of dirt roads, dirt roads and sheep tracks usually in excellent condition and mostly pedaled.
There is also a fitness trail with 16 gymnastic points equipped with tools. The tombstones of soldiers whose mortal remains were moved to the central cemetery of Vrtojba were also used as building materials.
The beauty of these hills is such that it was immortalized in one of the scenes of the film "Zoran, my stupid nephew". The esteemed Slovenian painter and engraver Anton Zoran Mušič was born in Bukovica.
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