Hungarian Chapel of Visintini

The Hungarian Chapel in Visintini/Vižintini, within the municipality of Doberdò del Lago/Doberdob, is a small architectural gem and one of the principal memorial sites connected with the Hungarian soldiers who fell during the Battles of the Isonzo in the First World War.

Construction of the chapel began in the first months of 1918 at the initiative of members of the honvédség, the Royal Hungarian Army, in memory of their compatriots who had died defending the Doberdò plateau between May 1915 and August 1916, before the area was abandoned following the Italian advance during the Sixth Battle of the Isonzo. The building, however, remained unfinished after the end of the war in November 1918. Never consecrated, it was subsequently used as a hayloft and storage space for agricultural equipment.Thanks to restoration work carried out by Hungarian volunteers and local residents, the chapel was eventually completed, consecrated, and inaugurated on 29 May 2009. Since then, it has become an important place of remembrance and a point of reference for Hungarian visitors and the wider public alike.

In front of the chapel, on the opposite side of the road, stands a horse trough decorated with an oval relief, built by the Italian army. The village also preserves the remains of what were once two Austro-Hungarian military cemeteries, later reused by the Italian army after the front line shifted. Nearby stands the monument dedicated to the fallen soldiers of the 96th Infantry Regiment of Karlovac.