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1 Capital as symbol

With the rise of modern empires and the nation-state, the capital city has become a symbol for the state and its government, and imbued with political meaning. Unlike medieval capitals, which were declared wherever a monarch held his or her court, the selection, relocation, founding, or capture of a modern capital city is an emotional affair. For example:

• Ruined and almost uninhabited Athens was made capital of newly independent Greece with the romantic notion of reviving the glory of the ancients;
• Peter I of Russia moved his government to Saint Petersburg to give the Russian Empire a western orientation, while Kemal Atatürk did the same by ironically moving east to Ankara, away from Ottoman Istanbul;
• The selection or founding of a "neutral" city, one unencumbered by regional or political identity, represented the unity of a new state with Madrid in Spain, Ottawa in Canada, and Canberra in Australia among others;
• During American Civil War, tremendous resources were expended to defend Washington, DC from Confederate attack even though the small federal government could have been relatively easily moved in the era of railroads and telegraph.

2 Lists of capitals

• Lists of national capitals
  • by name
  • by country (with also the largest city)
  • by continent and country
• List of historical national capitals
• List of capitals of subnational entities
• List of multiple capitals

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