Kostanjevica Monastery

Last updated December 07, 2023

View of the Kostanjevica Monastery from the Castle of Gorizia. In the foreground, the suburb of Pristava, Nova Gorica.

History

In 1623 a small Carmelite sanctuary was erected just outside the limits of the town of Gorizia. In the next hundred years, a monastery was built next to the church, while the monastic chapel became an important site for pilgrims from Friuli and Goriška regions. In 1781, the monastery was disbanded by the Habsburg Emperor Joseph II. In 1811, the Franciscan friars acquired the abandoned complex, re-establishing the monastery. Among other, they brought a notable library containing some 10,000 books, which they transferred from the nearby Sveta Gora monastery. Today, the library is named after Father Stanislav Škrabec, a renowned Slovene linguist from the 19th century who lived and worked in the monastery for more than 40 years.

The Kostanjevica monastery was severely damaged in the Battles of the Isonzo during World War I. It was restored between 1924 and 1929. Until the end of World War II, the monastery was part of the town of Gorizia. In 1947, the border between Italy and Yugoslavia was set just a few hundred meters westward from the monastery, and Kostanjevica became part of the newly established town of Nova Gorica.

The crypt

In the 19th century, the crypt of the Franciscan monastery was used for the burial of members of the French House of Bourbon who went into exile after the July Revolution.^[1] Most of them had settled in Gorizia, then part of the Austrian Empire, in the 1830s. Those buried in the crypt are:

Scheme of the crypt

Louise Marie Thérèse of Artois Granddaughter of Charles X, sister of Henri	†	Louis Antoine, Duke of Angoulême Eldest son of Charles X, pretender to the throne (Louis XIX)
Henri, Count of Chambord Grandson of Charles X, pretender to the throne (Henry V)		Charles X of France King of France (1824–1830), younger brother of the Kings Louis XVI and Louis XVIII
Maria Theresa of Austria-Este Wife of Henri		Marie Thérèse Charlotte of France Daughter of Louis XVI, Wife and cousin of Louis-Antoine
	↑ ↑ ↑	Pierre Louis Jean Casimir de Blacas d'Aulps Minister and diplomat

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References

↑ Sakalis, Alex (5 May 2023). "Skinny Smugglers, a French King's Body, and the Odd European City Home to the Other Cold War Wall". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 6 May 2023.

Kostanjevica Monastery Official Site (in Slovene and English)

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[Sakalis-1] Sakalis, Alex (5 May 2023). "Skinny Smugglers, a French King's Body, and the Odd European City Home to the Other Cold War Wall". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 6 May 2023.

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