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Soca Highlights No.3 - (Rest in) Peace

Easy small Cache, almost a drive-in. Third in series.

by vane_si     Slovenia

N 46° 20.592' E 013° 39.974' (WGS84)

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 Size: small
Status: Available
 Time required: 0:10 h   Route: 0.1 km
 Hidden on: 26 February 2011
 Listed since: 02 March 2011
 Last update: 02 March 2011
 Listing: https://opencaching.de/OCBE9A
Also listed at: geocaching.com 

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(ENG) REST IN PEACE
This cemetery is one of many WWI memorials along the Isonzo front.

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It is set in the peaceful surroundings between village and steep mountain slope.
Soca valley has not been so green in the time of WWI. That is clearly visible at old photos.

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In the time of war 304 Austro-Hungarian soldiers, 8 Russian prisoners and unknown number of Italian soldiers found their resting place here. Majority of them have died from June 1915 to October 1917 on the Javorscek-Krn part of Isonzo front. After the war remains of Italian soldiers have been exhumed and transported to other cemeteries, but many Austro-Hungarians previously buried from mountain pasture Duplje to Golobar have been transferred here.
The total number of inhumed in Soca military cemetery, as far as today's data, is 1406 known and 59 unknown soldiers. For another 44 soldiers it is not certain whether they have also been buried here or at some other place.
Cemetery is built in four terases and has a large rocks-set-cross at the grassy slope behind graves. A cannon shell is set at the rock above cross as a simple monument and memorial to the war victims.

CACHE BOX volume is only 0,2 litres, just for small items!

References: Od Krna do Rombona, Lovro Galic and Darja Pirih, Ustanova Fundacija Poti Miru, Kobarid, 2007;
http://prohereditate.com/en/
Information from Soca village comunity website administrator;
http://www.vas-soca.si/7.php
Photo: vane_si, information board;

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Log entries for Soca Highlights No.3 - (Rest in) Peace    Found 4x Not found 0x Note 0x

Found 18 June 2017, 18:49 villacher found the geocache

Auf der heutigen Runde gefunden. TFTC

Found 01 November 2012 wildesau1 found the geocache

Heute auf unserer Soca Cachingtour gut gefunden. TFTC

Found 23 April 2011 Termite2712 found the geocache

Found the box quick on our way to the Boca Waterfall.
TFTC!
Termite2712 + Ingrid

Found 27 February 2011 faina09 found the geocache

suggestive place!
in: coin + GC "Geocaching – 10 Years Geocoin"
out: painted stone
TFTC!
 FTF!! 
Lama & Faina09 & §Grano