The
Castle of Gorizia is the
city's ancient heart. Situated on the hill that dominates the city, the hill provides an amazing panoramic view over Gorizia and its surroundings.
The castle was modified several times, with the addition of ramparts and towers and used for different functions, as an administrative centre, as barracks and as a prison. The castle was bombed during the First World War. The patient renovation, carried out in the 1930s, gave the castle its
charming medieval look.
A curious fact:
Among those who worked at the castle's defence structures we can also find Edmond Halley, who discovered the homonymous comet.
