Cemeteries and memorials to visit Kobarid

From 1915 to 1917, the regions of Upper Posočje, Goriška Brda and Krast were part of the Soča Front. Soldiers of several nationalities fought, suffered and died there. Several remains of this period have been preserved: trenches, fortifications, underground shelters, memorial sites, military tombs, chapels..

The "Peace Trail" was inaugurated in 2007, connecting six open-air museums over 100 km, as well as the most important remains and memorial sites on the Soča front. From 2011 onwards, it was extended and a "Alpine Adriatic Peace Trail" was set up with the collaboration of the local authorities of Goriška Brda, the Karst region (Kras) and, on the Italian side, with some municipalities in the neighbouring Friuli Venezia Giulia region. It now extends 320 km to Trieste and includes many open-air museums. The principle remains, that of connecting the regions and people of the former Soča Front and raising awareness of the values of peace and common development.

The route starts in Log pod Mangartom, passes the Kluže fort, the Ravelnik open-air museums and Čelo. After the village of Drežnica, the road crosses the Italian ossuary and splits in two between Kobarid and Tolmin: one branch takes us to the open-air museum of Kolovrat, the other to that of Mrzli vrh. The two paths then lead to Nova Gorica on the Italian border.