Autor(i)/Author(s): Denisa Halajová, Andrea Cuperová
Názov/Title: Approaches to the interpretation of military history in the exteriors of military museums – Case study of the Military History Museum in Svidnik
Zdrojový dokument/Source: Plants in Urban Areas and Landscape
Typ dokumentu/Document Type: Scientific paper
ISSN: 2585-9811
ISBN: 978-80-552-1829-8
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15414/PUAL/2018.25-28
Vydavateľ/Publisher: Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra
Rok, strany/PY, pages: 2018, 25-28
Publikované online/Published on-line: 2018-05-20
Jazyk/Language: eng
Abstract: Today, more than seventy years after the end of World War II (WW II), we are again experiencing a rise in the interest
in military history and the events or places associated with it. On the one hand, there is a steady increase in the visit
rate of places connected with military history, which has led to the formation of ’military tourism’, on the other hand
there is a dangerous deformation of history and growth of extremism, nationalism and racism. We see the necessity
to preserve objective history also in the form of military museums or places connected with WW II, namely through
the renewal of these places and increasing their attractiveness for the young generation. The aim of this article is to
resume the basic design principles of contemporary military memorials and military museums and to develop a case
study of The Park of Military Equipment at the Military Museum in Svidník based on these principles. The Svidnik
District is closely linked to the fighting during WW II, the Carpathian Operation of the Soviet Army (Red Army),
and the 1st Czechoslovak Army in north-eastern Slovakia in the autumn of 1944. In the territory of the Carpathian
Operation, several memorial sites were created. The whole territory is a national cultural monument registered as
’the Dukla Battleground’ in the Central List of the Monument Fund since 1961. In the town of Svidník, the Memorial
of the Soviet Army was built in the place where Soviet soldiers were buried in spring 1945. There are 9,000 Soviet
soldiers buried in 4 mass graves. In 1965, the Military Historical Museum in Svidník was opened. The museum also
includes an outdoor exposition – the Park of Military Equipment, built between 1971 and 1974. After the current
state analysis of the military park, the principles of contemporary design of memorial places were applied in the
design of the case study area.
Keywords: memorial park, landscape, military museum
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