点评:Sveta Gora and Monte Cassino actually have plenty in common:
* Both monasteries were (and to some extent still are) very important religious and cultural centres.
* They both are situated on strategically very important hills.
* This was also their curse, during one world war or another, both hills were “slaughterhouses”, sites of very fierce battles, and both monasteries were completely demolished and rebuilt later.
And ironically, Sveta Gora, an important Roman Catholic sanctuary, was demolished by one of the world’s most Roman Catholic nations. During WW1, in August 1916, Italians managed to conquer the nearby hill Sabotin and started besieging the Skalnica (a.k.a. Sveta Gora) hill from the north. The “Austrians” (the term includes most nations of the former Austro-Hungarian Kingdom) were fiercely defending it all until August 1917 when they tactically retreated (a sort of a deception manoeuver) eastwards to the Banjšce Plateau, as preparations for the final and decisive 12th offensive when they defeated Italians and chased them westwards all the way to the Piave river. For that reason, there are still numerous WW1 remains (caverns, trenches, tunnels, etc.) all around the hill and worth exploring. As northern slopes definitely are interesting, if your time and knowledge of local geography are limited, it is warmly recommended to take the western slope’s official Knafelc Blaze (red-white circles) signposted trail instead, called “Po jarkih” (“along trenches”), starting at the Prevala pass where plenty of official, non-intrusive and non-trespassing parking lots are available. The well signposted path is routed roughly parallel to the road, passing an unofficial “open air museum” with numerous caverns (so numerous you’ll stop counting sooner or later), trenches, two easy tunnels (a flashlight is necessary) and finally followed by the main tunnel right under the St. Francis of Assisi statue. By no means (seriously!!!) should the final tunnel be entered without appropriate speleological (yes, you’re reading it right!) gear and skills, but no problem, “chicken exits” exist. As a downside, numerous sections of this trail overlap with a MTB downhill track (WTF, really hard to imagine coexistence of “infantry” and “cavalry”!), so watch out for “kamikaze”...
Although not officially prescribed, this is essentially a one way trail. To return to Prevala, you’ll rather choose the “parallel” pilgrims’ trail, also signposted by Knafelc Blazes. Still not fed up with WW1? Prevala is also a convenient starting point of a round trip to the Škabrijel (St. Gabriel) hill south of Sveta Gora, where even fiercer battles had been fought, and today the remains comprise a more official open air museum with plenty of information boards…
翻译:圣戈拉和卡西诺山实际上有很多共同点:
* 这两座修道院曾经(并且在某种程度上仍然是)非常重要的宗教和文化中心。
* 它们都位于战略上非常重要的山上。
* 这也是他们的诅咒,在一次次世界大战期间,两座山头都是“屠宰场”,战事非常激烈,两座寺院都被彻底拆除,后来又重建。
具有讽刺意味的是,圣戈拉这座重要的罗马天主教圣地却被世界上罗马天主教最多的国家之一拆毁了。第一次世界大战期间,1916 年 8 月,意大利人成功征服了附近的 Sabotin 山,并开始从北部围攻 Skalnica(又名 Sveta Gora)山。 “奥地利人”(这个词包括前奥匈帝国的大多数国家)一直在奋力保卫这一切,直到 1917 年 8 月,他们战术性地向东撤退(一种欺骗性的演习)到班尼什采高原,为最后一场战役做准备。决定性的第12次进攻,他们击败了意大利人,并将他们一路向西追至皮亚韦河。因此,山周围仍然有许多一战遗迹(洞穴、战壕、隧道等),值得探索。由于北坡肯定很有趣,如果您的时间和对当地地理的了解有限,强烈建议您走西坡官方 Knafelc Blaze(红白圆圈)路标小道,称为“Po jarkih”(“沿着战壕”) ),从普雷瓦拉山口开始,那里有大量官方的、非侵入性和非侵入性的停车场。路标清晰的小路大致与道路平行,经过一个非官方的“露天博物馆”,里面有无数的洞穴(数量多到你迟早会数不过来)、战壕、两条简单的隧道(需要手电筒),最后沿着位于阿西西圣弗朗西斯雕像下方的主隧道旁。决不(说真的!!!)如果没有适当的洞穴学(是的,你没看错!)装备和技能就应该进入最后的隧道,但没问题,“鸡出口”存在。缺点是,这条步道的许多路段与 MTB 下坡赛道重叠(WTF,真的很难想象“步兵”和“骑兵”共存!),所以要小心“神风特攻队”……
尽管没有官方规定,但这本质上是一条单向路线。要返回普雷瓦拉,您宁愿选择“平行”朝圣者小径,也有 Knafelc Blazes 的路标。还没有厌倦第一次世界大战吗?普雷瓦拉也是前往圣戈拉以南的斯卡布里耶尔(圣加布里埃尔)山往返的便捷起点,那里曾发生过更激烈的战斗,如今,遗迹包括一个更官方的露天博物馆,里面有大量的信息板……