Battles of the Isonzo
At the outset of World War I, the area saw one of the first victims of the conflict: Countess Lucy Christalnigg, killed by Landsturmer guards during a mission for the Red Cross. During the war, the whole area was the theatre of the Battles of the Isonzo, fought between the Kingdom of Italy and Austria-Hungary. The town was almost completely destroyed between 1915 and 1917.