Sagrado

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Sagrado
coat of arms
Sagrado (Italy)
Sagrado
Country Italy
region Friuli Venezia Giulia
Coordinates 45 ° 53 ′  N , 13 ° 29 ′  E Coordinates: 45 ° 52 ′ 30 ″  N , 13 ° 29 ′ 0 ″  E
height 32  m slm
surface 14 km²
Residents 2,181 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 156 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 34078
prefix 0481
ISTAT number 031017
Patron saint St. Nicholas
Website Sagrado

Sagrado (full name: Sagrado d'Isonzo ; Sagrât in Furlan ; Zagraj in Slovenian ) is a municipality with 2181 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the northern Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia .

geography

Sagrado is located on the left bank of the Isonzo River at the foot of Monte San Michele on the Karst and comprises four districts: Peteano, Poggio Terza Armata (outdated: Sdraussina / Sdraučina ), San Martino del Carso (Slov. Vrk ), Stazione Gradisca-San Martino . Neighboring municipalities are Doberdò del Lago , Farra d'Isonzo , Fogliano Redipuglia , Gradisca d'Isonzo and Savogna d'Isonzo .

history

The Monte San Michele ( 275  m slm ) was a hard-fought hill on the Isonzo front during the First World War . On August 7, 1916, Italian troops succeeded in the course of the Sixth Isonzo Battle after repeated attempts to take the revolt. The casemates that were blasted into the karst cliffs are still there, have been prepared as museums and can be visited, such as the Gen. Lukacich Cave, the Schönburg Tunnel and the Galleria della Terza Armata . Below a ledge from which the Austro-Hungarian troops controlled the Isonzo valley and the city of Gorizia , was the trench of the Italians first front line, against which a gas attack took place on the morning of June 29, 1916, killing around 7,000 Italians fell and killed 2,500 immediately.

The district of Poggio Terza Armata (translated "base 3rd Army") is located in the east of Sagrado in a narrow flat strip between the Isonzo and the Karst below Monte San Michele. Until after the First World War the place was still called Sdraussina or Sdraučina, which points to Slavic-Celtic roots. It was renamed during fascism in memory of the headquarters of the Italian 3rd Army, which was located here during the Isonzo battles.

San Martino del Carso is a village on the karst plateau that was badly damaged during the fighting. The completely destroyed church was rebuilt on the same site in 1925.

In the district of Paetano, right-wing terrorists from the Ordine Nuovo organization carried out a car bomb attack on May 31, 1972 , in which three carabinieri died. The investigative authorities initially suspected the left-wing radical group Lotta Continua while ignoring evidence of right-wing extremist perpetrators. It was not until 1984 that the neo-fascist Vincenzo Vinciguerra confessed to being the perpetrator. He also reported on connections between Ordine Nuovo and the Italian military intelligence service SID , which contributed to the later uncovering of the Gladio network.

Trivia

Monte San Michele is mentioned by name in the poem Sono una creatura by the Italian poet Giuseppe Ungaretti , who fought here as a soldier. Another of his poems is named after the town of San Martino del Carso.

Partnerships

There is a town partnership with the towns of Branik in Slovenia and Győrság in Hungary . There is also a partnership with the municipality of Poggersdorf in Carinthia.

Sons and daughters of the church

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
  2. ↑ Background to the "Peace Paths". Fogliano Tourist Office (Italian) accessed January 6, 2008
  3. ^ Monte Grappa, Italy's Thermopylae (English) accessed on January 6, 2008
  4. ↑ Gas on San Michele. (Italian) Retrieved January 6, 2008
  5. ^ Anna Cento Bull: Italian Neofascism. The Strategy of Tension and the Politics of Nonreconciliation. Berghahn Books, New York / Oxford 2007, pp. 54–56.