Goriška
Sign in to savethumb|320px|The plain at the confluence of the Soča and Vipava rivers. In the foreground, Miren Castle and the village of Bilje. Goriška () is a historical region in western Slovenia on the border with Italy. It comprises the northern part of the wider traditional region of the Slovenian Littoral (Primorska). The name Goriška is an adjective referring to the city of Gorizia, its historical and cultural centre.
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thumb|320px|The plain at the confluence of the Soča and Vipava rivers. In the foreground, Miren Castle and the village of Bilje. Goriška () is a historical region in western Slovenia on the border with Italy. It comprises the northern part of the wider traditional region of the Slovenian Littoral (Primorska). The name Goriška is an adjective referring to the city of Gorizia, its historical and cultural centre.
==Geography== The region stretches from the Julian Alps (Triglav) in the north down the Soča River to Nova Gorica and the Karst Plateau in the hinterland of Trieste. It encompasses the following municipalities (from north to south): Bovec Kobarid Tolmin Cerkno Idrija Kanal ob Soči Brda Nova Gorica Šempeter-Vrtojba Renče-Vogrsko Miren-Kostanjevica Ajdovščina Vipava Komen Sežana
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