Gradisca d'Isonzo

Gradisca d’Isonzo

Member of I Borghi più belli d'Italia

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Venice built a fortress town here on the right bank of the Isonzo in the late 1400s as a bulwark against Turkish raids, and in 1500 sent Leonardo da Vinci to improve its defences. Habsburg rule followed, and under the Eggenberg princes the garrison filled with noble palaces. Today you enter through Porta Nuova, past six surviving towers, into a compact centre made for walking.

Highlights

Enoteca La Serenissima, regional DOC wines in the Venetian governors' house
Palazzo Torriani, the town hall, with the Luigi Spazzapan gallery
Porta Nuova and the six towers of the Venetian walls
Baroque cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul, with Niccolò della Torre's tomb
Loggia dei Mercanti, home to the civic collection of stone inscriptions

Text adapted from Wikipedia (Gradisca d'Isonzo (IT), Gradisca d'Isonzo (EN)), Wikivoyage (Gradisca d'Isonzo). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Population: 6,430

Things to see

Cathedral of Gradisca d'Isonzo (IT)

Events through the year

Feast of Saints Peter and Paul Religious · 29 June
Palio della scure Historical · First Sunday of JuneContest with Strassoldo, crossbowmen, flag-wavers and drummers

Dates follow the traditional patterns in our sources: check locally before you travel.

Adapted from Wikipedia (Gradisca d'Isonzo), Wikivoyage (Gradisca d'Isonzo). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.