The Brda*, small Slovene region of western
Slovenija and northeastern Italia, lying between the rivers
Soča (altitude 55 m along the state border) on the
east and Idrija (95 m along the state border) on the
west, the hills Sabotin (609 m) on the northeast and
Korada (812 m) on the north and the Friul
plain (40 m) on the south.
Bed-rock is mostly Eocene and Paleocene flysch between
38 and 55 million years old. The climate is
SubMediterranean, with frequent intrusions of cold air.
Brook-network is dense and full of water in the cold period
of a year, but in droughts (mostly in summer) largely dry
up. Surface of the Brda is characterized by prominent
hills and ridges with steep slopes and narrow valleys
intermediate. Flysch weathering rapidly and forms a thick
sandy loam soil.
In the natural vegetation of Brda was dominated
characteristic thermophilic forest, with leading species
medium-sized hop hornbeam (Ostrya carpinifolia) and
south european flowering ash (Fraxinus ornans), and
oaks - turkey oak (Quercus cerris), downy oak
(Quercus pubescens), pedunculate oak (Quercus
robur) and sessile oak (Quercus petraea) and
other trees and shrubs. Forest clearing began in prehistoric
times, when people started to colonize the area. After the
oak trees were named villages and hamlets (Cerovo
after turkey oak, Dobrovo after pedunculate oak,
Gradno after sessile oak, Poddob after
pedunculate oak ...).
Natural conditions in the Brda region are very
favorable for the growth of the vine, so the region has been
transformed into typical viticultural landscape. Divided are
in the lower and the upper Brda, the lower part of
true viticultural, with intermediate orchards in sunny sides
and forests in the shade sides. Bottoms of narrow valleys
had been cleared in fields and meadows. In the upper
Brda is less people and a little vineyards, extra
income obtained by growing sweet chestnuts. In the last two
decades people again enforced olives, because olive oil from
border positions is the best.
The Brda are really on the contacts and
transitions from aspects of natural and social sciences. The
first is the contact and the transition between continental
and Mediterranean Europe, the second is intertwining of the
Slavic and Roman world. Unfairly border after World War II
divided Brda into two parts. Minor belonged to the
Italy at that time, larger and more naturaly diverse to the
Yugoslavia, and after its disintegration to
Slovenija.
The page from 5th August, 2012 by
Daniel Rojšek.
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