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Austro-Hungarian Military Cemetery Log pod Mangartom, Slovenia
The Austro-Hungarian military cemetery is the second stop on the Walk of Peace. On the cemetery are buried around 800 soldiers of the Austro-Hungarian Army, who died during the fights on the Isonzo Front (1915-1917) during the First World War.
Slovenia, Bovec
Type of WWI-heritage
- Military cemetery
Dimensions
3600 m2 (160*22,5m).
State of repair/preservation
The cemetery is well preserved.
Historical WWI Context
More than 800 Austro-Hungarian soldiers are buried in the four terraces of this cemetery. The fallen soldiers were first buried on the lowest terrace, and then upwards according to the year of the interment. The graves are marked with crosses and the graves of Muslim soldiers with “notches”, typical Muslim tombstones. The monument, standing in the centre of the cemetery, is dedicated to the killed defenders of Mt. Rombon. Its sculpted group shows a Bosnian soldier and a soldier of the Austro-Hungarian Mountain Units who look up towards the top of the mountain, where most of the soldiers buried here were killed in fierce battles. The monument is the work by the sculptor Ladislav Kofránek of Prague.
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State of legal protection
Cultural monument of local significance.
Owner
Občina Bovec (Municipality of Bovec)
Trg Golobarskih žrtev 8
5230 Bovec
Kind of cultural use of WWI
Ustanova «Fundacija Poti miru v Posočju» (The Walk of Peace in the Soča Region Foundation), www.potmiru.si
Register nepremične kulturne dediščine http://giskd2s.situla.org/povezave.asp?Esd=409
Tourist Information Centre Bovec https://www.soca-valley.com/en/
Opening
Open 24 hours/day throughout the year.
Entrance Fee
There is no entrance fee.
Information regarding cities, villages, other touristic attractions (non-WWI) nearby
Triglav National Park https://www.tnp.si/en/learn/
Kluže Fortress http://www.kluze.net/
Predil Lake http://www.turismofvg.it/Laghi/Lago-del-Predil
Tourist Information Centre Bovec https://www.soca-valley.com/en/
Accomodation
http://www.logpodmangartom.si/
TIC Bovec https://www.soca-valley.com/en/accommodations/all-accommodations/
Tourist farm Černuta http://turisticnekmetije.si/cernuta
Hotel Alpine http://www.hotel-alpine.com/home/
Public Transport
The nearest bus stop is in Bovec (10 km away), the nearest railway station is in Most na Soči (52 km) or in Tarvisio in Italy (20 km away).
Further information sources
The Walk of Peace www.potmiru.si
Log pod Mangartom www.logpodmangartom.si
TIC Bovec https://www.soca-valley.com/en/attractions/first-world-war/
Other heritage sites nearby
Museums Private Collections
Military Collection A Farewel to Arms 1915–1917)
Sašo Prochazka
Klanc 1
5230 Bovec
Museum Collection of Ivo Ivančič
Ivan Ivančič
Trg Golobarskih žrtev 56
5230 Bovec
Austro-Hungarian Military Cemetery Log pod Mangartom, Slovenia
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