Trnovo, Nova Gorica Explained

Official Name:Trnovo
Pushpin Map:Slovenia
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Slovenia
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Slovenia
Subdivision Type1:Traditional region
Subdivision Name1:Slovenian Littoral
Subdivision Type2:Statistical region
Subdivision Name2:Gorizia
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Nova Gorica
Area Total Km2:15.65
Population As Of:2002
Population Total:305
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:45.9718°N 13.7436°W
Elevation M:780.8
Footnotes:[1]

Trnovo (pronounced as /sl/ or pronounced as /sl/; Italian: Tarnova della Selva) is a village in western Slovenia in the Municipality of Nova Gorica. It is located on the high Trnovo Forest Plateau (Slovenian: Trnovski gozd) in the traditional Slovene Littoral region.[2]

Mass grave

Trnovo is the site of a mass grave from the period immediately after the Second World War. The Zalesnika Shaft Mass Grave (Slovenian: Grobišče Brezno Zalesnika), also known as the Wild Apple Shaft Mass Grave (Slovenian: Grobišče Brezno za lesniko), is located 1.5km (00.9miles) northeast of the village on the right side of the road to Lokve. It contains the remains of Home Guard and Italian prisoners of war and Slovene civilians murdered in May 1945.[3]

Church

The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to Our Lady of the Snows and belongs to the Diocese of Koper.[4]

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.stat.si/eng/index.asp Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. http://www.nova-gorica.si/ Nova Gorica municipal site
  3. Web site: Ferenc . Mitja . Grobišče Brezno Zalesnika . Geopedia . Služba za vojna grobišča, Ministrstvo za delo, družino in socialne zadeve . October 20, 2023 . Ljubljana . sl . December 2009.
  4. http://kp.rkc.si/dokumenti/zupnije/seznam.pdf Roman Catholic Diocese of Koper List of Churches May 2008