Stražarski stolp v polju Vrtojba
Vojaški stražarski stolp stoji v Vrtojbi, tik ob nekdanji italijansko-jugoslovanski državni meji. Leta 1948 ga je postavila jugoslovanska vojska in ga uporabljala za nadzor meje vse do leta 1991. Leta 2006 ga je Goriški muzej spremenil v majhen spominski muzej, najmanjši v Sloveniji. V njem je na ogled razstava o življenju ob novi državni meji, ki je leta 1947 razdelila do takrat enotno kulturno, socialno, gospodarsko in politično ozemlje Goriške na dva dela. Čudoviti razgled s stolpa nam razkriva okolico, ki je bila, še zlasti v času hladne vojne, strogo nadzorovana. Na pobudo Goriškega muzeja je občina Šempeter-Vrtojba vojaški stražarski stolp razglasila za kulturni spomenik lokalnega pomena in ga zaščitila pred propadom. Goriški muzej je prejel na tekmovanju za izbor najboljšega evropskega muzeja (Dublin, EMYA 2008) za to muzejsko zbirko priznanje za kakovost in bil uvrščen v ožji izbor.
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The military watchtower on fields in Vrtojba
The military watchtower is situated in Vrtojba, next to the former Italian-Yugoslavian state border. It was built by the Yugoslavian Army in 1948 and was used to oversee the border up until 1991. In 2006, Goriški muzej turned it into a small memorial museum, the smallest of its kind in Slovenia. It shows an exhibition about what life was like next to the new state border demarcated in 1947, which divided the previously unified cultural, social, economic and political territory of the Goriška region into two parts. A breathtaking view from the tower reveals the surroundings, which used to be under strict supervision, especially during the Cold War. On the initiative of Goriški muzej, the Municipality of Šempeter-Vrtojba declared the military watchtower a site of national cultural importance and saved it from ruin.
At the European Museum of the Year Award competition (Dublin, EMYA 2008), the Regional Museum Goriški muzej received a quality recognition award for this museum collection and was shortlisted.
Free self visit of mini museum - keys pickup - see link for info