Italy - Slovenia:
The divided town of Gorizia / Nova Gorica

Photographs (c) Rolf Palmberg (2005). Click on a picture to increase its size.

Picture 1:
Entering Gorizia from Nova Gorica.
Pictures 2-3:
The local St Gabriele/Pristava border crossing.
Picture 4:
Slovenian cycling path straddling the border. Italian territory on the right; Slovenian territory (a railway track behind the fence) on the left.
Picture 5:
Overlooking a Slovenian garden sandwiched between an Italian garden in the foreground and an Italian house in the background.
Picture 6:
The border between the Italian house and the Slovenian garden.
Picture 7:
Slovenian railway station in the centre of the town.
Picture 8:
The divided railway square. Picture taken from Slovenian territory next to the railway station.
Picture 9:
The border between the two halves of the railway square.
Picture 10:
Border sign in the centre of the railway square.
Picture 11:
One of four identical maps of the railway square.
Picture 12:
Italian-Slovenian friendship monument at the southern end of the railway square.

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