Hotel Bôrik

Hotel Bôrik is a government facility in Bratislava, Slovakia.[1] It is not a commercial hotel, but rather a venue for government-related guests, gatherings and events.

Overview

The hotel was projected in 1967 on a prominent hilltop site overlooking the Danube, west of Bratislava Castle. Its architects were Štefan Svetko and Štefan Ďurkovič, with participation of S. Talaš in the original project. It was completed in 1973. The building was intended for official use at the highest political level, and thus a locus of power of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia and its affiliate Communist Party of Slovakia.[2] It has been described as "the [Czechoslovak Communist] party's Bratislava hideaway".[3]

The facility has hosted prestigious state guests, including Mikhail Gorbachev and Queen Elizabeth II.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Hotel Bôrik, Bratislava, Slovakia. Hotel is owned by government of Slovak republic and mostly used for state officials". dreamstime.com. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
  2. ^ "Hotel Bôrik". Register of modern architecture oA HÚ SAV. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
  3. ^ Chandler Rosenberger (1 June 1994), Three Strikes and You're Out: Why Meciar will not regain power in Slovakia (PDF), Institute of Current World Affairs
  4. ^ Jovana Janinovič (2022), Tourism and beyond: Commodification of Communist memoryscapes in Central and Eastern Europe (PDF), University of Valladolid & University of Košice

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