by Monica Paoletich | Dec 21, 2024 | Advent, History and Stories
It’s been centuries, in fact more than a millennium, that people have been talking about Gorizia! It seems that our history began in 1001; we find evidence of this in an ancient document, a diploma issued by Emperor Otto III in Ravenna on April 28 of that year....
by Monica Paoletich | Dec 20, 2024 | Advent, History and Stories
Gorizian John Maria Marusig, a 17th-century historian, writer, poet and illustrator, draws a comet star in the sky over Gorizia. Symbol of benevolent and malevolent omens. In this case, not particularly lucky–the star in fact appeared in the Gorizian skies in...
by Monica Paoletich | Dec 19, 2024 | Advent, History and Stories
There are many wrought irons in Via Rastello: on the gates and terraces you can discover surprising patterns and details (so much so that walking the street will take you quite a while if you want to observe them all)! But it is not the only street to remind us of an...
by Monica Paoletich | Dec 17, 2024 | Advent, History and Stories
The characteristic peasant hat(ciapèl largh) made of black-dyed kid hair was adorned with a dark blue-green ribbon fastened by a metal buckle, with the brim of the brim lined and the cord barbed in gray. The width of the thirteen-centimeter flap weighed more than two...
by Monica Paoletich | Dec 16, 2024 | Advent, History and Stories
“On February 18, 1909, electric streetcar service was inaugurated in Gorizia. The main line connected the Meridionale Station with the Transalpina Station […]. The secondary line joined Teatro Street with Piazza Grande where it reconnected with the main...
