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Chapeau! Here is the path to the rebirth of Via Rastello
An Open Day was held today to present “La Via del Borgo,” the project created last year as part of the PNRR Bando Borghi and coordinated by Confcommercio Gorizia to redevelop and revitalize Via Rastello and Borgo Castello in the heart of Gorizia, known so far as Cluster 1. An...
A road to travel: Confcommercio Gorizia chronicles the vibrant transformation of Borgo Castello through six special storefronts
Telling the vibrant transformation of Borgo Castello fostered by the Bando Borghi and the vision of tomorrow’s Rastello Street that La Via del Borgo – the Cluster 1 created as partofthe Project “A THOUSAND YEARS OF HISTORY AT THE CENTER OF EUROPE: BORGO CASTELLO CROCEVIA OF PEOPLES AND CULTURES,” funding...
OUR “BOTTEGA DEL CAPPELLO” BECOMES A WINDOW TO CHRISTMAS
Advent is a symbolic time of year: indeed, it represents a time of waiting, preparation and reflection, in preparation for the celebration of a birth, which will mark in various ways, the whole world. In the case of Confcommercio Gorizia and La Via del BorGO we are talking about a...
The BorGO Way
Advent walks: from Sunday, December 1, discovering the Borgo with Confcommercio Gorizia
Gorizia
30 November 2024
“Ursuline Nuns in Gorizia from the Time of the Plague to Napoleon”: this is the title of the first Advent walk within the program proposed by Confcommercio Gorizia, leader of La Via del BorGO, as part of the PNRR Call for Villages for Christmas. The appointment is for Sunday, December...
December 1: St. Andrew’s Fair
Even to this day, the St. Andrew’s Fair is one of the most beloved and awaited. For children and young people of the latest generations, it is the fair of rides and treats of all kinds, but although it has changed greatly over time, for centuries it has heralded the...
Dec. 2: An onion dome of St. Ignatius
The construction of the church of St. Ignatius Confessor, overlooking Victory Square, has a long and complex history: begun in 1654, it was not completed until 1724 with the addition of the two bell towers topped by the iconic onion domes, at the base of which are two large clocks....
Dec. 3: The medieval castle from the seal of Henry II (1307)
This ancient seal presents the 14th-century image of the castle of Gorizia and its village. Gorizia had developed hugging itself around the castle building, on the top of the hill, this part was therefore called the Terra di sopra, distinguishing itself from the houses that had begun to rise at...
Dec. 4: The Mastelùt
Drawing on probably one of the richest and most curious sources on the histories of Gorizia of yesteryear(R.M. Cossar, Gorizia d’altri tempi), we learn about the traditions that revolved around Christmas time. There was a large majolica vase from the old Ieran Offelleria, located in the eighteenth century on Via...
Dec. 5: The coat of arms of the Counts of Gorizia
You’ve probably seen this coat of arms somewhere before! It is the coat of arms of the Counts of Gorizia and consists of silver-red bands and a gold rampant lion on a blue background. This particular one is a detail from a Görzeraltar door, dated 1500-1510 and preserved in Lienz...
December 6: St. Nicholas and the Diàu
On St. Nicholas Day, “the boys who put a plate or a shoe on the window sill in the evening before bedtime for the holy bishop to place the gifts, found, upon waking up in the morning, in addition to the delicacies that could be purchased in the stores of...