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Podgora (hill)

Fortified hill west of Gorizia, captured by Italy in August 1916.

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Street map of the area around Podgora (hill); the red dot marks 45°56′46″N 13°35′31″E
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Coordinates: 45°56′46″N 13°35′31″E (45.9460, 13.5920) · Open in OpenStreetMap

Coordinates and connected clubs: the infobox of Wikipedia: Podgora (hill) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map: drawn by Codexery from OpenStreetMap tiles.

Podgora, also called Monte Calvario or Kalvarija, is a 241-meter hill on the Karst plateau west of Gorizia. It was a key Austro-Hungarian defensive position during the early Isonzo battles, heavily fortified with trenches, barbed wire, and machine-gun posts. Italian forces attacked it repeatedly from June 1915 until its capture in August 1916.

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