Nova GoricaSights

Religious, Spiritual sights in Nova Gorica

  1. A

    Church of the Annunciation

    The narrow, single-nave Church of the Annunciation near the Kostanjevica Monastery has interesting stuccos. In the spooky crypt is the tomb of the Bourbons (grobnica bourbonov), which contains the mortal remains of the last members of the French house of Bourbon, including Charles X (1757-1836).

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  2. B

    Kostanjevica Monastery

    The Kostanjevica Monastery, on hill 800m south of the train station, was founded by the Capuchin Franciscans in the early 17th century and has a wonderful library that can be visited.

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  3. Basilica of Our Lady of the Assumption

    The neo-baroque Basilica of Our Lady of the Assumption, was built in 1927 on the site of a 16th-century apparition of Mary.

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  4. C

    Franciscan Monastery

    The Franciscan Monastery compound is perched atop 682m-high Sveta Gora.

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