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22-631: Its source is below the Sella Nevea mountain pass in the Julian Alps , where it is known as the Rio del Lago ( Seebach ). It flows in a north-easterly direction through Lago del Predil and via Cave del Predil down towards the town of Tarvisio . Here it enters the broad Val Canale and its waters are swelled by a number of tributaries. Near the village of Coccau it is joined by the Rio di Fussine and at

44-578: A frazione of the Chiusaforte municipality and the nearby Kanin-Sella Nevea Ski Resort . The mountain pass is located between the Montasio massif in the north and Mt. Kanin in the south, in the Province of Udine near the border with Slovenia . The pass road connects Chiusaforte via the steep Raccolana valley in the southwest with Cave del Predil and Tarvisio in the north. Sella Nevea

66-615: A cableway will be built that will connect it to the neighbouring Goriška municipality of Bovec , one of the largest winter ski resorts in Slovenia. The cross-border link of the two resorts was completed in December 2009. It is now possible to ski at both resorts. Because both Italy and Slovenia are members of the European Schengen zone, skiers are able to cross the border between Italy and Slovenia freely, effectively merging

88-657: A river in Italy is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to a river in Austria is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Sella Nevea Sella Nevea ( Friulian : Nevee , German : Neveasattel , Slovene : Na Žlebeh ), at an altitude of 1,195 m (3,921 ft), is a high mountain pass in the Julian Alps , in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region of northeast Italy . Sella Nevea also lends its name to

110-476: A serious setback after a series of avalanches struck it in March 1975. In 1980, the company that managed the ski runs went bankrupt. In the 1990s, Sella Nevea's ski runs fell under the control of Promotur , a state-owned but independent company, which took charge of all five main regional ski resorts. The Sella Nevea resort suffered from neglect that caused it to lose popularity. Promotur said repeatedly that despite

132-768: A staunch proponent of the frontal assault who claimed the Western Front proved the ineffectiveness of machine guns , initially planned breaking onto the Slovenian plateau, taking Ljubljana and threatening Vienna . The area between the northernmost part of the Adriatic Sea and the sources of the Isonzo River thus became the scene of twelve successive battles. . As a result, the Austro-Hungarians were forced to move some of their forces from

154-710: Is part of a European Watershed dividing the basin of the Tagliamento river, running southwards to the Adriatic Sea , from the Slizza creek, which originates at Sella Nevea, in the north, which is part of the Danube catchment area. About 10 km (6 mi) north of the pass is the picturesque Lago del Predil , a popular destination for canoeing, wind-surfing, and other water sports. Sella Nevea offers facilities and equipment for winter sports, such as alpine skiing , cross-country skiing snowboarding, and ice skating. In

176-532: The Soča (Isonzo) was the only practical area for Italian military operations during the war. The Austro-Hungarians had fortified the mountains ahead of the Italians' entry into the war on 23 May 1915. Italian Chief of Staff Luigi Cadorna judged that Italian gains (from Gorizia to Trieste ) were most feasible at the coastal plain east of the lower end of the Soča (Isonzo) River. Cadorna had not expected operations in

198-665: The Vipava Valley and the relatively low north-eastern edge of the Postojna Gate to Inner Carniola and Ljubljana. Italian troops did not reach the port of Trieste , the Italian General Luigi Cadorna's initial target, until after the Armistice . With the rest of the mountainous 640-kilometre (400 mi) length of the front being almost everywhere dominated by Austro-Hungarian forces,

220-572: The 1930s, while the present-day Sella Nevea ski resort and hotel village started about 1965, when by resolution of the Chiusaforte municipal council plans for the first ski runs were developed. Considered as "snow-reliable", the area was projected to be a heaven for winter sports, including cable transport to the Celso Gilberti mountain hut at Mt. Kanin, several surface lifts and a hotel complex. However, Sella Nevea's development suffered

242-606: The Eastern Front and a war in the mountains around the Isonzo River began. The 138 kilometres (86 mi) long Soča River at the time ran entirely inside Austria-Hungary in parallel to the border with Italy, from the Vršič pass in the Julian Alps to the Adriatic Sea , widening dramatically a few kilometers north of Gorizia , thus opening a narrow corridor between Northern Italy and Central Europe, which goes through

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264-597: The Isonzo sector to be easy. He was well aware that the river was prone to flooding—and indeed there were record rainfalls during 1914–1918. Further, when attacking further north the Italian army was faced with something of a dilemma: in order to cross the Isonzo safely it needed to neutralise the Austro-Hungarian defenders on the mountains above, yet to neutralise these forces the Italian forces needed first to cross

286-515: The Italian front line during the Battle of Caporetto , they also rolled over the top of the pass, nevertheless, they again moved out of the area after the Austrian defeat at the Battle of Vittorio Veneto one year later. By the 1919 Treaty of Saint-Germain , the area of Cave del Predil ( Raibl ) and Tarvisio ( Tarvis ) north of the pass also fell to Italy. The beginning of the ski area date back to

308-701: The Sella Nevea and Bovec ski resorts into one large ski resort covering both sides of the Kanin mountain. Battles of the Isonzo 1916 1917 1918 White War (1915–1918) The Battles of the Isonzo (known as the Isonzo Front by historians, Slovene : soška fronta ) were a series of twelve battles between the Austro-Hungarian and Italian armies in World War I mostly on

330-780: The Soča River. Austro-Hungarian losses, while by no means as numerous, were nevertheless high at around 200,000 (of an overall total of around 1.2 million casualties). More than 30,000 casualties were ethnic Slovenes, the majority of them being drafted into the Austro-Hungarian Army , while Slovene civilian inhabitants from the Gorizia and Gradisca region also suffered in many thousands because they were resettled in refugee camps where Slovene refugees were treated as state enemies in Italian refugee camps, where thousands died of malnutrition. With almost continuous combat in

352-527: The area, the precise number of battles forming the Isonzo campaign is debatable. Some historians have assigned distinct names to a couple of the Isonzo struggles, most notably at Kobarid ( Caporetto , Karfreit ) in October 1917, which would otherwise form the Twelfth Battle of the Isonzo. The fact that the battles were always named after the Isonzo River, even in Italy, was considered by some

374-579: The newly established Kingdom of Italy upon the Third Italian War of Independence in 1866. The remote border region remained an agricultural area. In the late 19th century, the mountaineer Julius Kugy (1858–1944) described it as a "forest paradise". In World War I , however, the Italian Front ran along Sella Nevea, while the bloody Battles of the Isonzo raged nearby. When in late 1917 Austro-Hungarian forces were able to break into

396-523: The potential of the location, nothing further have been done to arrest its decline. In 2001, preventive measures against avalanches were finally completed. While Sella Nevea was excluded from the 2003 Winter Universiade in Tarvisio, the location grew in popularity as a ski racing training camp. It acquired a reputation for uncrowded slopes. In 2005, it was announced that Sella Nevea will receive substantial funds to replace outdated ski equipment, and that

418-423: The river. Despite the huge effort and resources poured into the continuing Isonzo struggle, the results were invariably disappointing and without real tactical merit, particularly given the geographical difficulties that were inherent in the campaign. Cumulative casualties of the numerous battles of the Isonzo were enormous. Half of the entire Italian war death total — some 300,000 of 600,000 — were suffered along

440-652: The summer, the location is used as a base for mountain trekking and rock climbing. For centuries, the Sella Nevea mountain pass marked the border between the Domini di Terraferma territories of the Republic of Venice and the Imperial Duchy of Carinthia in the north. Incorporated into the Austrian Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia from 1815, the former Venetian territory in the south finally became part of

462-598: The territory of present-day Slovenia , and the remainder in Italy along the Isonzo River on the eastern sector of the Italian Front between June 1915 and November 1917. In April 1915, in the secret Treaty of London , Italy was promised by the Allies some of the territories of Austro-Hungarian Empire which were mainly inhabited by ethnic Slovenes, Croats and Austrian Germans. Italian commander Luigi Cadorna ,

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484-611: The village of Thörl, it crosses the border with Carinthia , Austria, where it is called the Gailitz. It then passes through Arnoldstein before flowing into the Gail. The water quality of the Gailitz in Austria has significantly improved since the closure of the Arnoldstein lead works in 1987/88. Today it is today again the home range of fish like brown trout , grayling and even European bullhead . This article related to

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