ULICA CARDUCCI / CARDUCCI STREET

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Ulica Carducci – nekdaj Gosposka ulica (Herrengasse, Via dei Signori) – je bila ulica meščanskega ponosa, središče trgovskega in družbenega utripa mesta, kraj, kjer so se v izložbah in vsakdanjih pogovorih prepletali jeziki dežele: italijanščina, slovenščina, furlanščina in nemščina.

≃ 1910 Gorica pod Avstro-Ogrsko monarhijo 
Vir: Fond Giovanni Viola

 1917 Med prvo vojno
Vir: Katoliška knjigarna (GO)

Sredi 19. stoletja je ulica postala dom pomembne finančne ustanove, saj so leta 1831 v stavbi odprli Monte di pietà. Danes je tam sedež Fundacije Cassa di Risparmio di Gorizia. V istem poslopju je leta 1910 na pobudo Duhovske zveze zaživela tudi Katoliška knjigarna – danes najstarejša knjigarna v Furlaniji - Julijski krajini, ki še vedno ohranja svojo vlogo v kulturnem življenju mesta.

Po drugi svetovni vojni je Ulica Carducci znova postala eno od osrednjih trgovskih središč Gorice. Elegantne trgovine, banke in uradi so jo spremenili v živo mestno arterijo. Danes se ulica zdi le še povezovalna pot med mestnim središčem in severnim delom mesta – a njen duh ostaja prisoten v elegantnih stavbah ter v zgodbah, ki jih pripovedujejo.

Vir: Fond Giovanni Viola

V neposredni bližini te ulice stoji tudi nekdanja goriška judovska četrt. Judovska skupnost je v Gorici dokumentirano prisotna že od konca 13. stoletja. Leta 1698 je bil tukaj ustanovljen geto, ki so ga razpustili v času francoske okupacije leta 1811. Med pomembnimi goriškimi Judi so bili: jezikoslovec Graziadio Isaia Ascoli, rabina Abram in Isacco Reggio, časnikarka Carolina Coen Luzzatto in filozof Carlo Michelstaedter. Med drugo svetovno vojno je bila judovska skupnost skoraj povsem izbrisana, po drugi svetovni vojni so pri obnovi porušene sinagoge pomagali ameriški vojaki. To je bila ena prvih povojnih obnovitvenih akcij na tem območju, vodil jo je ameriški vojaški rabin Nathan A. Barack. Danes o judovski prisotnosti v mestu pričajo le obnovljena sinagoga z muzejem “Mali Jeruzalem ob Soči” (Piccola Gerusalemme sull’Isonzo), park “Bruno Farber” (poimenovan po najmlajši deportirani žrtvi med goriškimi Judi) in pokopališče v Rožni dolini, največje judovsko pokopališče na ozemlju današnje Slovenije. Na njem počiva več kot 900 pripadnikov goriške judovske skupnosti.

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Via Carducci – formerly known as Via dei Signori (Gosposka ulica, Herrengasse) – was a street of bourgeois pride, the centre of the city’s commercial and social life, a place where the languages of the region – Italian, Slovene, Friulian, and German – intertwined in shop windows and everyday conversation.

In the mid-19th century, the street became home to an important financial institution: in 1831, a Monte di pietà (public pawn bank) was opened in one of its buildings. Today, the premises house the Cassa di Risparmio di Gorizia Foundation. In the same building, in 1910, the Libreria cattolica/Katoliška knjigarna (Catholic Bookshop) was founded on the initiative of the Slovene Clerical Union. It is now the oldest bookshop in Friuli Venezia Giulia and continues to play an active role in the city’s cultural life.

After the Second World War, Via Carducci once again became one of Gorizia’s main commercial hubs. Elegant shops, banks, and offices transformed it into a vibrant urban artery. Today, the street may appear to be merely a link between the city centre and the northern part of town – but its spirit lives on in the elegant buildings and the stories they continue to tell.

In the immediate vicinity of this street lies what was once Gorizia’s Jewish quarter. The Jewish community has been documented in Gorizia since the late 13th century. In 1698, a ghetto was established here, which was later dissolved during the French occupation in 1811. Among the notable Jews of Gorizia were the linguist Graziadio Isaia Ascoli; rabbis Abram and Isacco Reggio; journalist Carolina Coen Luzzatto; and philosopher Carlo Michelstaedter. During the Second World War, the Jewish community was almost entirely wiped out. After the war, American soldiers helped to restore the destroyed synagogue. This was one of the first post-war restoration projects in the area, led by U.S. Army chaplain Rabbi Nathan A. Barack. Today, the Jewish presence in the city is commemorated by the restored synagogue and museum “Piccola Gerusalemme sull’Isonzo” (“Little Jerusalem on the Isonzo”), the Bruno Farber Park (named after the youngest deported victim among the Jews of Gorizia), and the cemetery in Rožna Dolina – the largest Jewish cemetery on the territory of present-day Slovenia, where over 900 members of the Gorizia Jewish community are buried.