Transalpina/Europe Square

Transalpina/Europe Square
Nova Gorica railway station
and the middle of the square
Native name
NamesakeTransalpina Railway[1][2]
Europe
LocationItaly Gorizia, Italy
Slovenia Nova Gorica, Slovenia
Coordinates45°57′18″N 13°38′05″E / 45.95500°N 13.63472°E / 45.95500; 13.63472
The station in early 20th century, when it was crossed by Gorizia Tramway [it].
In May 2020, during the coronavirus pandemic, Transalpina Square was shut down and a wire net arose to divide the square and to not let people cross the border. This reminded many citizens of Gorizia and Nova Gorica of the times between 1947 and 2004 when the two towns were divided by a fence.

Transalpina Square (Italian: Piazza della Transalpina,[3] meaning "Square of the Transalpina [Railway Line])"; Slovene: Trg Evrope,[4] meaning "Europe Square"), is a square divided between the towns of Gorizia, northeastern Italy, and Nova Gorica, southwestern Slovenia. The railway station of Nova Gorica is located at the eastern end of the square, on the Slovenian side.

  1. ^ (in German) Transalpina Railway on web.archive.org
  2. ^ Transalpina Railway (Ministry of Culture of Slovenia website)
  3. ^ (in Italian) Piazza della Transalpina and Nova Gorica station on Gorizia municipal website Archived 2013-02-26 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ (in Slovene) Trg Evrope Archived 2014-03-11 at the Wayback Machine (Office of Tourism of Nova Gorica)