Green city, Austrian Nice, garden city, city divided between two nations.
These are some of the definitions of this beautiful city in the far east of Italy, right in the middle of Gorizia actually passes the border with Slovenia and you can walk temporarily in two countries.

The origin of the city is about 1000 and, thanks to its geographical location it has always been a mix of cultures and languages. It was ruled for a long time by the Counts of Gorizia, lineage of German origin and then by the Absburg until World War I.

It was the German upper bourgeoisie who named it Nice for its similarity with the homonymous French city. Gorizia is a city with many parks, stately villas and historic palaces. You should definitely visit the magnificent Castle of the thirteenth century with the Museum of the Middle Ages, from which you have a nice view of the city and the countryside around it.

A walk on the outer walls, the Way of Ronda, makes you feel like historical figures. Palazzo Lantieri, where Goldoni and Casanova stayed among others, is not a unique building but was built at different times.

The Great War Museum illustrates that violent era and the Jerusalem Synagogue Museum on the Soča in the old Jewish ghetto testifies to the suffering of the Jewish people during the Second World War. Gorizia is a city full of greenery, great parks well maintained and open to the public make it truly unique. The Cornini Cronberg Palace Park is beautiful with a huge variety of plants and trees.
Gorizia, a city to be discovered.