Ceremony to honour centenary of the last battles on the Isonzo Front

Tolmin, 13 May - The main ceremony honouring the memory of the soldiers who died on the Isonzo Front a hundred years ago will be held on Saturday at the German ossuary in Tolmin. The ceremony will see high diplomatic attendance from Germany, Italy, Austria and Hungary as well as descendants of victims of this bloody theatre of WWI.

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An Italian ossuary with the Church of St Anthony which contains the remains of over 7,000 Italian soldiers who died during WWI.
Photo: Anže Malovrh/STA

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An Austro-Hungarian WWI military cemetery near Bovec, the final resting place of over 600 soldiers who died on the Isonzo Front.
Photo: Anže Malovrh/STA

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