Banjšice Plateau

Coordinates: 46°2′56.58″N 13°41′59.82″E / 46.0490500°N 13.6999500°E / 46.0490500; 13.6999500 The Banjšice Plateau (Slovene: Banjška planota, also Banjšice or Banjščice, Italian: Altopiano della Bainsizza) is a karst plateau in western Slovenia, in the Goriška region. It is located northwest of the town of Nova Gorica, overlooking the Soča River. During World War I, the Italian and the Austro-Hungarian Army fought in the Eleventh Battle of the Isonzo on the plateau in August 1917.

The plateau was named after the village of Banjšice, which is most probably the oldest settlement on the plateau. The other settlements on this largely unpopulated area are: Bate, Grgarske Ravne, and Lokovec. Traditionally, the villages on the plateau used to gravitate towards Kanal ob Soči and partially towards Grgar and Solkan, but nowadays they are all included in the municipality of Nova Gorica, where most of the locals work.

See also

• Gorizia and Gradisca
• Austrian Littoral
• Julian March
• Tourism in Slovenia

City Municipality of Nova Gorica Settlements: Administrative centre: Nova Gorica Current Ajševica Banjšice Bate Branik Brdo Budihni Čepovan Dornberk Draga Gradišče nad Prvačino Grgar Grgarske Ravne Kromberk Lazna Loke Lokovec Lokve Nemci Osek Ozeljan Pedrovo Podgozd Potok pri Dornberku Preserje Pristava Prvačina Ravnica Rožna Dolina Saksid Šempas Šmaver Šmihel Solkan Spodnja Branica Stara Gora Steske Sveta Gora Tabor Trnovo Vitovlje Voglarji Zalošče Former Dol pri Čepovanu Gorica Gornji Lokovec Puštale Sveto Visoko Vrata Landmarks Branik Castle Kostanjevica Monastery Nova Gorica railway station Nova Gorica Sports Park Soča River Solkan Bridge Vipava Valley Culture and education Nova Gorica Grammar School University of Nova Gorica Notable people Nevin Birsa Valter Birsa Matej Bor Jure Franko Ivo Hvalica Klement Jug Boris Kalin Zdenko Kalin Vasja Klavora Danilo Kovačič Janko Kralj Branko Marušič Tomaž Marušič Iztok Mlakar Dušan Pirjevec Ahac Marko Anton Plenčič Vojteh Ravnikar Gianni Rijavec Leon Rupnik Igor Simčič Mojca Širok Stanislav Škrabec Josip Srebrnič Jože Srebrnič Boštjan Vuga Danilo Zavrtanik Vasilij Žbogar