Trnovo, Nova Gorica

Place in Slovenian Littoral, Slovenia

45°58′18.43″N 13°44′37.09″E / 45.9717861°N 13.7436361°E / 45.9717861; 13.7436361Country

SloveniaTraditional regionSlovenian LittoralStatistical regionGoriziaMunicipalityNova GoricaArea

• Total15.65 km² (6.04 sq mi)Elevation

780.8 m (2,561.7 ft)Population

(2002)

• Total305^[1]

Trnovo (pronounced [təɾˈnɔːʋɔ] or [təɾˈnoːʋɔ]; 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 (Slovene: 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 (Slovene: Grobišče Brezno Zalesnika), also known as the Wild Apple Shaft Mass Grave (Grobišče Brezno za lesniko), is located 1.5 kilometers (0.93 mi) 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]

References

^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
^ Nova Gorica municipal site
^ Ferenc, Mitja (December 2009). "Grobišče Brezno Zalesnika". Geopedia (in Slovenian). Ljubljana: Služba za vojna grobišča, Ministrstvo za delo, družino in socialne zadeve. Retrieved October 20, 2023.
^ Roman Catholic Diocese of Koper List of Churches May 2008 Archived 2009-03-06 at the Wayback Machine

External links

Trnovo on Geopedia

Urban Municipality of Nova Gorica

Settlements:

Administrative seat: Nova Gorica

Current	Ajševica Banjšice Bate Branik Brdo Budihni Čepovan Dornberk Draga Dragovica Gradišče nad Prvačino Grgar Grgarske Ravne Kromberk Lazna Loke Lokovec Lokve Nemci Osek Ozeljan Pedrovo Podgozd Potok pri Dornberku Preserje Pristava Prvačina Ravnica Rožna Dolina Saksid Šempas Šmaver Šmihel Solkan Spodnja Branica Stara Gora Steske Sveta Gora Tabor Trnovo Vitovlje Voglarji Zalošče
Former	Dol pri Čepovanu Gorica Gornji Lokovec Puštale Sveto Visoko Vrata

Current