Gorizia

E80353

municipality town

Gorizia is a historic town in northeastern Italy, near the Slovenian border, known for its mixed Italian-Slovenian cultural heritage and its strategic position that once placed it at the frontier between Western and Eastern Europe.

Aliases (2)

County of Gorizia ×1
County of Gorizia and Gradisca ×1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	municipality → town →
annexedAfter	World War I →
areaCode	+39 0481 →
country	Italy →
hasCharacteristic	bilingual Italian-Slovenian culture → border town → historic town →
hasCulturalHeritage	Italian → Slovenian →
hasEconomicActivity	cross-border trade → light industry → services →
hasLandmark	Cathedral of Gorizia → Gorizia Castle → Piazza della Vittoria → Saint Ignatius Church → Transalpina Square →
hasMinority	Slovene minority →
hasTransport	Gorizia railway station →
historicallyFrontierBetween	Eastern Europe → Western Europe →
historicalRegion	County of Gorizia →
isSeatOf	Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gorizia →
languageSpoken	Italian → Slovene →
locatedIn	Friuli Venezia Giulia → Province of Gorizia → northeastern Italy →
locatedNear	Slovenia →
locatedOnBorderWith	Slovenia →
locatedOnRiver	Isonzo →
memberOf	Euroregion without borders with Nova Gorica →
nearAirport	Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport →
nearMountainRange	Julian Alps →
partOf	Julian March →
playedRoleIn	Cold War frontier →
postalCode	34170 →
sawHeavyFightingDuring	World War I → World War II →
twinCityWith	Nova Gorica →
usesTimeZone	Central European Summer Time → Central European Time →
wasAnnexedTo	Italy →
wasDividedBy	Iron Curtain →
wasPartOf	Austro-Hungarian Empire NERFINISHED →

Referenced by (14)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Nova Gorica →	adjacentTo
Julian March →	contains
Friuli Venezia Giulia →	containsCity
Charles X of France →	deathPlace
Yugoslavia–Italy border →	hadBorderTown
Nova Gorica →	hasBorderCrossingWith
Friuli Venezia Giulia ("County of Gorizia") →	hasHistoricalRegion
Julian March →	hasMajorCity
Friuli Venezia Giulia →	hasProvinceLevelEntity
Birkirkara →	hasTwinTown
Slovenia–Italy border →	passesNear
Carlo Rubbia →	placeOfBirth
Nova Gorica →	twinCity
Province of Trieste ("County of Gorizia and Gradisca") →	wasPartOf