Walk of Peace in the Soča Region Foundation
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13 May 2024
"Around The Paths of Peace: In Search of Traces of War 1915-118" is an event about connections between trenches still visible in the territory between Switzerland and Adriatic Sea. The debate with historians from Austria and Hungary and a representative of Italy will include two Slovenian speakers, Maša Klavora from Walk of Peace in the Soča Region Foundation, and Martin Šolar from Kobarid Museum. Austrian historian Peter Schubert, PhD, will also be presenting two of his books. Organised in collaboration with Collegium Hungaricum, Kral Verlag, Walk of Peace in the Soča Region Foundation, Kobarid Museum, Verein Dolomitenfreunde – Friedenswege Österreich and Promo Turismo FVG Cervignano del Friuli.
The foundation is a member of the National Committee for the Commemoration of World War I Anniversaries, founded by the Government of the Republic of Slovenia.
The Walk of Peace from the Alps to the Adriatic
The Walk of Peace roughly follows the Isonzo Front, which was the site of 12 major battles between Austro-Hungarian and Italian forces in World War I. It connects the Upper Soča Valley, the Nova Gorica area, the adjacent Brda Hills, the Kras planota and on its way crosses Kluže Fortress, Kobarid Museum, the Kolovrat Outdoor Museum, Cerje Monument and the Kras Walks of Peace, the Italian and german Charnel Houses, the vršič Chapel, the Bohinj Railway and a numbver of caves, fortifications, trenchs and cemeteries. While it central part was opened in 2007, the ccomplete version eaas estabčlished in 2015.
See also
- Slovenia National Commission for UNESCO
- Kobarid Museum
- Kluže Fortress
- Triglav National Park
- Institute for the Protection of Cultural Heritage of Slovenia, Nova Gorica Regional Office