by Monica Paoletich | Dec 15, 2024 | Advent, History and Stories
It is a coat of arms with a red and white crescent divided into two fields; the very symbol that can still be seen today on the porch arches of the Ungrispach house! One of the oldest houses in the city! On the central archway an inscription in Gothic characters (Anno...
by Monica Paoletich | Dec 14, 2024 | Advent, History and Stories
Welcoming us at the entrance to the small church of Santo Spirito in Arce is Michele Rabatta, a nobleman of Tuscan origin who in 1398, together with his brother Giovanni, commissioned the construction of this sacred building, the oldest in the city! To see it properly...
by Monica Paoletich | Dec 13, 2024 | Advent, History and Stories
The shortest day of the year paradoxically celebrates St. Lucy, the saint of light! Ranieri Mario Cossar, in his Gorizia d’altri tempi, relates that: “Santa Lucia (Lìissia) dispensed gifts to the girls. On the evening of December 12, the eve of the Saint,...
by Monica Paoletich | Dec 12, 2024 | Advent, History and Stories
In Gorica, Ursuline nuns generate supplementary income by selling fine lace and embroidery made with bobbin and needle, an art they teach in their schools. The tradition of lace-making, introduced in 1672 by Flemish and Walloon nuns, has been integrated with a simpler...
by Monica Paoletich | Dec 11, 2024 | Advent, History and Stories
Perhaps you have already guessed that the Gorizia Cathedral is full of enchanting surprises! This time we are on the right of the chancel, in the chapel of St. Acacius, under a wonderful vault whose ribs draw like a complex star pattern. The spaces bounded by them...
