Solkan cemetery

Solkan cemetery is a cemetery in Nova Gorica, Coast and Karst. Solkan cemetery is situated nearby to the railway stop Solkan railway station, as well as near Solkan Bridge.

Type: Cemetery
Description: military cemetery in Solkan, Slovenia
Also known as: “Solkan military cemetery” and “Solkansko pokopališče”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Solkan Bridge and Solkan railway station.

Solkan Bridge

Bridge

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5 si.

The Solkan Bridge is a 219.7-meter arch bridge over the Soča River near Nova Gorica in western Slovenia. With an arch span of 85 meters, it is the world's longest stone arch railroad bridge. Solkan Bridge is situated 260 metres north of Solkan cemetery.

Solkan railway station

Railway stop

Photo: Ajznponar, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Solkan railway station is a railway stop, which is situated 250 metres southwest of Solkan cemetery.

Sabotin

Peak

Photo: T137, Public domain.

Sabotin is 609-metre-high mountain ridge overlooking Gorizia, Nova Gorica, and Solkan on the border between Slovenia and Italy. At its foot stands the Solkan Bridge spanning the Soča River.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Solkan and Soča Valley.

Solkan

Village

Photo: Sl-Ziga, Public domain.

Solkan is a settlement in the Municipality of Nova Gorica in the Gorizia region of western Slovenia, at the border with Italy. Although it forms a single urban area with the city of Nova Gorica today, it has maintained the status of a separate urban settlement due to its history and the strong local identity of its residents.

Soča Valley

Photo: Malenki, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Soča or Isonzo is a 138-kilometre long river that flows through western Slovenia and northeastern Italy. An Alpine river in character, its source lies in the Trenta Valley in the Julian Alps in northwestern Slovenia, at an elevation of 876 metres.

Kromberk

Village

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Kromberk is a settlement in the Municipality of Nova Gorica in western Slovenia. Together with its two satellite settlements of Ajševica and Loke, it forms one of the four major suburbs of Nova Gorica.

Solkan cemetery

Categories: war cemetery and burial
Location: Nova Gorica, Coast and Karst, Slovenia, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

45.97636° or 45° 58′ 35″ north

Longitude

13.65069° or 13° 39′ 3″ east

Open location code

8FQMXMG2+G7

OpenStreetMap ID

way 253451069

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=cemetery

Wikidata ID

Q64486406

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From French to Italian—“Solkan cemetery” goes by many names.

French: “cimetière militaire de Solkan”
French: “Cimetière militaire de Solkan”
Italian: “Cimitero di Salcano”
Italian: “Cimitero militare di Solcano”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Trg Jožeta Srebrniča and Krajevna knjižnica Solkan.

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