Name: Gun gallery of Mount Brestovec
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Gun gallery of Mount Brestovec

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Gun gallery of Mount Brestovec

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Location: Savogna D'Isonzo / Sovodnje Ob Soči, Gorizia, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy

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September 12, 2024

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Following the fortification of Brestovec during the Great War, it was decided to also dig a gun tunnel.

The excavation work for the gun tunnels, carried out by the 3rd Company of the 5th Mining Engineer Regiment, began in January 1917 and was completed the following August. The work was equipped with 8 positions for 149/A pieces, served by a long battery corridor overlooking numerous cavities and secondary tunnels (reserves, shelters for gunners, etc.). There is no news about the actual military use of the work: a couple of months after its completion, in fact, it was abandoned due to the collapse of the Isonzo front following the defeat of Caporetto.

It is worth remembering the engraving found in a nearby trench "Let's fly to peace" which has now become the motto of the renovation of the entire tunnel.

It should be noted, however, that it was partially reused by the Italian Army during the Cold War, when the entire Brestovec was refortified to control the border of the Iron Curtain which ran a short distance away.

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Giovanni

July 6, 2025

Suggestive location, recently renovated: the walkway is lit by floor lamps, from there there are various rooms with exhibitions and historical reconstructions. There is a staircase that leads outside where you can enjoy the view of the Vallone.

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Location: Savogna D'Isonzo / Sovodnje Ob Soči, Gorizia, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy

Gun gallery of Mount Brestovec

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