Savogna d'Isonzo (; ) is a (municipality) in the Regional decentralization entity of Gorizia in the Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about northwest of Trieste and about southwest of Gorizia, on the border with Slovenia. The name of the village comes from the Slovene word 'confluence'. Near Savogna, in fact, the Vipava River flows into the Isonzo at the conjunction of the Karst Plateau and the Vipava Valley.
Ethnic composition
92% of the population was of Slovene ethnicity according to the Italian census of 1971.Thomas, Lee; Lokar A. (1977) Socioeconomic structure of the Slovene population in Italy, Slovene Studies, Chicago, Illinois, p. 28.
Main sights
Church of San Martino, at Savogna/Sovodnje Castle of Rubbia/Rubije Church of San Nicolò, at Gabria/Gabrje Small square of Gabria/Gabrje Grotta Regina del Carso
Twin towns Škofja Loka, Slovenia
References
See also Julian March Gorizia and Gradisca Slovene Lands