Border Crossing Casa Rossa (IT) Mejna Rožna Dolina (SI)
Gorizia is a town in north eastern Italy, situated on the Isonzo River north of Trieste. By treaty in 1947 Yugoslavia received the northern outskirts of the town, and the adjoining Yugoslav town of Nova Gorica was developed. With the breakup of Yugoslavia, the frontier remained as the division between Italy and Slovenia until the implementation of the Schengen Agreement by Slovenia on December 21, 2007. Since May 2011, these towns have been joined in a common trans-border metropolitan zone, administered by a joint administration board. This report is part of a series from a day I spent visiting the borders in this divided town. Links to the right for the other reports as I did them. I visited this point as part of the IBRG SITEX-23 expedition.
This border POI is a crossing point between the Italian and Slovenian sides of the town. There are border markers, some close together and national/local signs. On the Italian side there are now redundant border control facilities. When we were there traffic was busy and flowing unchecked between the 2 countries.
The border markers
There were 2 sets of border markers, 2 of the last in the BM#57 series and a larger BM#58 to start a new series along the border.
Italian side of the border.
On the Italian side of the border there are redundant border control facilities and the normal border signs.
Date of Visit: 30 September 2023
Barry's Borderpoints 