Rožna Dolina
Rožna Dolina (pronounced [ˈɾoːʒna dɔˈliːna]; Italian: Valdirose, German: Rosenthal) is one of the four suburbs of the town of Nova Gorica in western Slovenia (the others being Solkan, Kromberk, and Pristava). It is on the border with Italy. Before 1947, it used to be a suburb of the town of Gorizia, which was left to Italy in the Paris Peace Conference of February 1947.[2]
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It was the site of one of the major engagements in the Ten-Day War for the independence of Slovenia in June 1991.
The University of Nova Gorica is located in Rožna Dolina.[3]
The largest Jewish cemetery in Slovenia and one of the largest in the Alpe-Adria region is located in Rožna Dolina. Among other graves, it contains the tomb of the Italian philosopher Carlo Michelstaedter.
Lucy Christalnigg, first victim on the Isonzo Front, was a resident of Rožna Dolina. She was on her way back to Rožna Dolina in August 1914, when she was shot by two Landsturm guards at a roadblock.[4]
References
- ^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia Archived 18 November 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Nova Gorica municipal site
- ^ University of Nova Gorica website
- ^ L'ultima estate, by Nello Cristianini, 2014; ISBN 978-1495363924
External links
Media related to Rožna Dolina at Wikimedia Commons
- Rožna Dolina on Geopedia
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