Gorizia was first mentioned in the year 1001, Nova Gorica was conceived in 1947 and built in the following years. Yet they constitute a single reality, in which every step and pedal stroke allows you to discover the charm of unity in diversity. A land that over the centuries has witnessed the beauty of Germanic, Slavic, Latin, Friulian and Jewish cultures, was painfully divided for decades by an unnatural border, a consequence of nationalism that culminated in the catastrophes of the First and Second World Wars. Andrea Bellavite guides the visitor in the fascinating discovery of the many worlds that make two cities a single, unrepeatable urban fabric.