It was 600 km long and stretched from the Stelvio Pass on the Swiss-Italian-Austrian tripoint, across South Tyrol, Carnia, the Isonzo basin, and down to the Adriatic Sea. The former allies opened another First World War battlefield in Europe – the South Western or Italian-Austrian front (May 1915 - November 1918). When Italy declared war on Austria-Hungary on, military operations had already been waged through Europe for almost a year. It became the western border of the Habsburg monarchy after 1866. It represented the western border of the Illyrian Provinces during the Napoleonic era. Later the Isonzo (in Slovenian: Soča) River and its surrounding territory became the border area between the Republic of Venice and the Austro-Hungarian Empire. There the Langobards and the realm of Charlemagne spread their political and cultural power. In order to protect the Roman Empire a defence system, Claustra Alpium Iuliarum, was established. The mountainous region extending from the south-eastern edge of the Julian Alps down to the Gulf of Trieste had been for thousands of years a contact zone between East and West. Štanjel: WW1 Military Cemetery (in Slovenian: Vojaško pokopališče iz prve svetovne vojne) HRN #229 Črniče: WW1 Military Cemetery (in Slovenian: Avstro-ogrsko vojaško pokopališče iz prve svetovne vojne) HRN #86ġ5. Gorjansko: WW1 Military Cemetery (in Slovenian: Avstro-ogrsko vojaško pokopališče iz prve svetovne vojne) HRN #149ġ4. Solkan: Railway bridge (in Slovenian: Železniški most)ġ3. Nova Gorica: Water tower (in Slovenian: Vodni stolp) Nova Gorica: Railway workshops (in Slovenian: Železniške delavnice) Nova Gorica: Railway station (in Slovenian: Železniška postaja) Štanjel: Water pumping station at Podlazi (in Slovenian: Črpališče za vodo v Podlazih) Bohinj Railway (in Slovenian: Bohinjska železnica) HRN #8117īohinjska Bistrica: Bohinj tunnel (in Slovenian: Bohinjski predor)īača pri Modreju: Railway bridge (in Slovenian: Železniški most) Solkan: WW1 Military Cemetery (in Slovenian: Avstro-ogrsko vojaško pokopališče iz prve svetovne vojne) HRN #672ġ2. Sabotin: WW1 Historical Area (in Slovenian: Zgodovinsko območje iz prve svetovne vojne) HRN #15446 Javorca: Memorial Church of the Holy Spirit (in Slovenian: Spominska cerkev sv. Mengore: WW1 Historical Area (in Slovenian: Zgodovinsko območje iz prve svetovne vojne) HRN #7165ĩ. Tolmin: German Charnel House (in Slovenian: Nemška kostnica) HRN #766Ĩ. Zaprikraj: The Krn Range – Historical Area (in Slovenian: Krnsko pogorje – Zgodovinsko območje) HRN #7162ħ. Ladra: WW1 Military Chapel (in Slovenian: Italijanska vojaška kapela iz prve svetovne vojne) HRN #5074Ħ. Kobarid (in Italian: Caporetto): Italian Charnel House (in Slovenian: Italijanska kostnica) HRN #227ĥ. Log pod Mangartom: WW1 Military Cemetery (in Slovenian: Avstro-ogrsko vojaško pokopališče iz prve svetovne vojne) HRN #409Ĥ. Vršič: Russian Chapel (in Slovenian: Ruska kapelica) Heritage Register Number - HRN #855ģ. The Walk of Peace (in Slovenian: Pot miru)Ģ.
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