Description

• Title:
  One hundred years of national capital-making: The case of Bratislava, Slovakia
• Creator:
  Buček, Ján;
  Plešivčák, Martin;
  Bačík, Vladimír
• Description:
  Although Bratislava is one of the youngest national capital cities in the world, we can observe a much longer process of its capital-making. We document its gradual formation as a centre of national politics and government, as well as the centre of national culture and national symbol. Bratislava confirms the impact of assumptions and experiences as a sometimes-interim capital city and regional capital within Czechoslovakia. Facing a sudden takeover of the national capital function, we document the process of national capital-making from 1993 in more detail. There were various obstacles in key political, governmental and cultural institution-building. They are demonstrated by their headquarters location search and development, as well as in the context of interurban competition. We argue that Bratislava has already concentrated the majority of political and cultural centre functions of the state capital, despite historical turbulences and accompanying constraints. We identify their location patterns and illustrate their impact on the urban physical development of the city.
• Object availability:
  free access
• Rights: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 ;
  Prawa autorskie (c) 2024 JÁN BUčEK, MARTIN PLEŠIVčÁK, VLADIMÍR BAčÍK
• Date:
  2024.12.27
• Type:
  info:eu-repo/semantics/article;
  info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion;
  Recenzowany artykuł
• Language:
  English
• Source:
  Quaestiones Geographicae; Vol. 43 No. 4 (2024); 49-63;
  Quaestiones Geographicae; Tom 43 Nr 4 (2024); 49-63;
  2081-6383;
  0137-477X
• Format:
  application/pdf
• Publisher:
  Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan
• Relation: http://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/qg/article/view/45633/37660
• Subject:
  capital cities;
  functions;
  government;
  culture;
  urban development;
  Bratislava
• Identifier: http://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/qg/article/view/45633
• Data provider:
  Platforma Otwartych Czasopism Naukowych UAM
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  seek permission
• Type:
  other