Gorizia

Gorizia (Slovenien German Gorica , Görz and Frioulan Gurize ) is a Italian city located in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, to the extreme is Plaine Po, at the border italo-Slovenien.

The city

Currently, the border, broad less than one kilometer, crosses Gorizia. The city is made up of 10 districts on the Italian side. It is also the chief town of the province of the same name.

The name of the city derives from the Slovenien and means “small mount”. The Slovenien part of the city currently names Nova Gorica. It is more modern.

History

The name of the city appears for the first time in a document of the emperor Othon III, where she was written “Goritia”, which gave to the count de Frioul the city as well as the castle of Salcano.

In 1500, the city passed to the hands of Maximilien I {{er}} of Habsbourg. The city will belong to the habsbourguiens fields until in 1918 with two short interruptions: the Venetian occupation of 1508 - 1509 and inclusion in the Napoleonean Provinces illyriennes. The king Charles X died in Gorizia in 1836 and is buried in the Slovenien part of Nova Gorica.

Gorizia was occupied by the Italians in 1918. It was German for a short period during the Second world war and returned to Italy in 1947.

Culture

City having belonged to various countries, a mixture of the populations occurred. Thus the city refers of German, Italian and Slovenien culture in various fields like the music, the literature or architecture. The city also has a university.

Song

An Italian song has as a title “O Gorizia”, which is a song of protest against the First World War:

O GORIZIA

Cinque mattina LED di agosto

if muovevano the truppe italiane

per Gorizia the ground lontane

E dolente ognun if partì

Sotto the acqua che cadeva Al rovescio

Grandinavano the blade nemiche

known quei monti, hill E gran valli

if moriva dicendo così:

" O Gorizia you sei maledetta"

per ogni cuore che feels coscienza

dolorosa Ci fu the partenza

E ritorno per molti not fu

O vigliacchi che voi ve state

idiot the mogli sui letti di lana

schernitori di noi edge umana

questa will guerra Ci insegna has to punish

Voi chiamate it campo of onore

questa will terra di there dei confini

Who if muore gridando " Assassini

maledetti sarete a dì"

Cara moglie nonsemi che you felt

raccomando have compagni vicini

di tenermi da conto I bambini

che io muoio it suo names nel cuor

Traditori signori ufficiali

Questa will guerra the avete voluta

Scannatori di edge venduta

E rovina beyond gioventù

O Gorizia you sei maledetta

per ogni cuore che feels coscienza

dolorosa Ci fu the partenza

E ritorno per tuttti not fu.

FRENCH TRANSLATION:

The morning of August five

The Italian troops were moving

For the remote grounds of Gorizia

And each one left in the pain.

Under the downpour of rain

The enemy balls fell like hail

On these mountains hills and large valleys

One would die by saying this:

" O Gorizia you are maudite"

For all the hearts which listen to their conscience,

The departure was painful,

and for much there was no return.

Oh cowards, you who remain

with the women in the wool beds (softs)

(you who you) make fun of our human flesh

This war learns how to us to punish.

You call “the field of honor”

This ground beyond the borders

Here one dies by shouting “Assassins,

One day, you will be cursed”

You my dear wife which do not hear me,

I ask my close relations companions

To take care on our children

Whereas I die with his name in the heart.

Sirs the traitors officers

This war wanted it to you

Ecarisseurs of our cannon fodders

And ruins youth

O Gorizia you are cursed

For all the hearts which listen to their conscience,

The departure was painful,

and for all there was no return.

Administration

Twinnings

Hamlets

Castello, Lucinico, Oslavia (Slovenien Oslavje ), Piuma (Slovenien Pevma ), San Mauro (Slovenien Šmaver ), Sant' Andrea (Slovenien Štandrež ), Straccis, Undulating dell' Acqua, Gradiscutta, Piedimonte del Calvario (Slovenien Podgora )

Communes bordering

Brda ( Collio ) (SLO), Farra d' Isonzo, Mossa, Nova Gorica (SLO), San Floriano del Collio, Savogna d' Isonzo

See too

List of the Italian cities of more than 25.000 inhabitants

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