Monument to the IX Corps
The IX Corps was the central partisan military organisation that fought against the Italian army in the Goriška region and, after 1943, against the German occupiers. Although it never reached the usual size of a corps in terms of fighter numbers, it brought together various partisan units in the area. First established in the Trebuša Valley, it later moved across the Trnovo Plateau.
In addition to being a military unit, it had its own hospital, newspaper, and educational system. Its main mission was to carry out sabotage in the valley and then retreat quickly into the forest. On 1 May 1945, it captured Gorizia, Trieste, and Cividale in a coordinated offensive.
The fallen fighters were buried in a communal grave designed by Edvard Ravnikar. A memorial park was later created above the grave, listing the names of all victims of the Second World War from the area of the former, much larger municipality of Nova Gorica. Sculptor Negovan Nemec and architect Izidor Simčič designed the park.
Avtor: Blaž Kosovel
Kraj: Trnovo