GORIZIA’S HIDDEN SECRETS

SECRETS OF GORIZIA Two events at Casa Krainer with ICM – Gorizia’s Institute for Central European Cultural Encounters, uncovering the secrets of familiar places and exploring the fascinating discoveries of the border region https://www.kadmos.info/segretamente-a-gorizia/

SATURDAY 3 OCTOBER 2026 / 6.15 PM – free admission "The secrets of the hardware store and the historic street of trade"

Inside and around the Krainer hardware store, discovering one of the most fascinating places at the heart of everyday life in Gorizia during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Vanni Feresin, “Historic Gorizia in context: convents, nobility and institutions in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries” Romeo Pignat and Eugenio Perissutti, “A short stroll through four centuries of Casa Krainer” 

SUNDAY 4 OCTOBER 2026 / 6.00 PM – free admission "Beneath the border’s tangled undergrowth"

Explorations and discoveries among native fruit varieties and buried bunkers. A fruit specialist from Nova Gorica and a historical researcher from Gorizia reveal the world hidden in the wild greenery between Italy and Slovenia. Gregor Božič, “Discovering heritage fruits and lost varieties” Paolo Visintin, “Extraordinary discoveries at Cold War sites”