Redevelopment of the Transalpina – Europe Square, a strategic project under Slovenia’s Cohesion Policy Programme

31. 1. 2025

Ministry of Cohesion and Regional Development

On Thursday, 30 January 2025, the newly redeveloped Transalpina – Europe Square, an iconic meeting point at the intersection of two cities and two countries, was opened in the border area of Nova Gorica and Gorizia. At a press conference held on the occasion, Minister Aleksander Jevšek congratulated the European Association of Territorial Cooperation Gorizia and the two municipalities of Nova Gorica and Gorizia for their impressive and productive efforts in bringing the project to life.

Redeveloping the Transalpina – Europe Square and part of the streets of Max Fabiani’s Trident is not just one of the many Cohesion Policy projects. Indeed, it is the first project in the history of the EU for which two countries and two cities contributed funds under the Integrated Territorial Investments mechanism – the Cohesion Policy mechanism focusing on urban development, stressed Minister Jevšek.

“The Europe Square is not just one of the many squares in Europe, but a common urban space for the two cities of Nova Gorica and Gorizia, strengthening the bond between them and between the two countries, Slovenia and Italy. It is a symbol of the European spirit and one of the central spaces of the cross-border European Capital of Culture”, said Minister Jevšek at the press conference.

Redevelopment of the Transalpina – Europe Square is a project of strategic importance under Slovenia’s Cohesion Policy Programme 2021-2027 and the Friuli Venezia Giulia Regional Programme 2021-2027.