Although the term „capital city” has no uniform definition, it is well known in every European state which city holds this title. In identifying the capital of a country we can refer to the historical traditions or the existing social consensus or we can think of the seat of government, claiming that the city where the Parliament, the national Executive and the high courts (and possibly other power institutions) work, must be the capital. Another strategy is to use the legal definition of the capital city, in which case we can rely on the relevant legal texts designating the location of the capital. As far as constitutional recognition of the capital is concerned, in theory the countries reported can be grouped into two clusters: those where this status is entrenched in the fundamental law and those where it is not. But in practice it is not so simple because in some cases, although there is no particular provision designating the capital city, there are indirect references to the municipality holding this rank.