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Post-communist city text in Košice, Slovakia as a liminal landscape Cover

Post-communist city text in Košice, Slovakia as a liminal landscape

Miscellanea Geographica
Volume 23 (2019): Issue 2 (April 2019)
By: Brett R. Chloupek  
Open Access
|Apr 2019

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Figure 1

Námestie Osloboditeľov (Liberators’ Square) was renamed following World War II and included a cenotaph to soldiers to who died liberating the city. Adjacent to the cenotaph (pictured) is a tomb of the unknown soldier. Source: Author’s photograph.
Námestie Osloboditeľov (Liberators’ Square) was renamed following World War II and included a cenotaph to soldiers to who died liberating the city. Adjacent to the cenotaph (pictured) is a tomb of the unknown soldier. Source: Author’s photograph.

Figure 2

Janko Bačík was a young communist who was imprisoned at Mauthausen Concentration Camp where he died. This plaque commemorates the location of the school he attended in Košice’s old town, where he is also commemorated with a street toponym. Source: Author’s photograph.
Janko Bačík was a young communist who was imprisoned at Mauthausen Concentration Camp where he died. This plaque commemorates the location of the school he attended in Košice’s old town, where he is also commemorated with a street toponym. Source: Author’s photograph.

Figure 3

The city text of Košice’s old town was significantly reoriented following World War II to commemorate both domestic and international communist figures. Source: Author’s map.
The city text of Košice’s old town was significantly reoriented following World War II to commemorate both domestic and international communist figures. Source: Author’s map.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mgrsd-2019-0009 | Journal eISSN: 2084-6118 | Journal ISSN: 0867-6046
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Language: English
Page range: 71 - 75
Submitted on: Nov 29, 2018
Accepted on: Feb 7, 2019
Published on: Apr 30, 2019
Published by: Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies, University of Warsaw
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
Toponyms,
liminality,
Slovakia,
Košice,
city text,
communism
Related subjects:
Geosciences,
Geography,
Geosciences, other

© 2019 Brett R. Chloupek, published by Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies, University of Warsaw
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