Sveta Gora (; it, Monte Santo di Gorizia) is a settlement in western

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in the

Municipality of Nova Gorica The City Municipality of Nova Gorica (; sl, Mestna občina Nova Gorica) is a municipality in the traditional region of the Slovene Littoral in western Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the city of Nova Gorica. Nova Gorica became a munic ...

. It encompasses Holy Mount ( sl, Sveta gora), above the

Soča The Soča ( in Slovene) or Isonzo ( in Italian; other names fur, Lusinç, german: Sontig, la, Aesontius or ') is a long river that flows through western Slovenia () and northeastern Italy (). An Alpine river in character, its source lies i ...

Valley and southwest of the Banjšice Plateau.

History

In 1539 Uršula Ferligoj, a shepherd from

Grgar Grgar (; it, Gargaro) is a village in western Slovenia in the Municipality of Nova Gorica. It is located under Holy Mount ( sl, Sveta gora), above the Soča Valley and below the Banjšice Plateau. Name Grgar was mentioned in written sources 1370 ...

, had a vision in which the

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commanded her to tell the people to build her a church.Primorski slovenski biografski leksikon
/ref> In May 1917 Sveta Gora was the scene of heavy fighting between Austrian and

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forces. Several Austro-Hungarian bunkers are found along Skalnica Road (''Skalniška cesta'') leading to the Franciscan monastery and church at the top of Mount Skalnica (). Sveta Gora became an independent settlement in 2006, when its territory was administratively separated from the territory of

Solkan Solkan ( or ; it, Salcano, german: link=no, Sollingen or ''Salcano'') is a settlement in the Municipality of Nova Gorica in the Gorizia region of western Slovenia, at the border with Italy. Although it forms a single urban area with the city of ...

and

References

External links

Sveta Gora on Geopedia
Populated places in the City Municipality of Nova Gorica 2006 establishments in Slovenia {{NovaGorica-geo-stub