LC control no. | n 2012047885 |
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Corporate name heading | Kostol sv. Alžbety (Bratislava, Slovakia) |
Variant(s) | Kostol svätej Alžbety (Bratislava, Slovakia) Church of St. Elizabeth (Bratislava, Slovakia) Szent Erzsébet templom (Bratislava, Slovakia) Blue Church (Bratislava, Slovakia) Modrý kostol (Bratislava, Slovakia) Kék templom (Bratislava, Slovakia) |
Found in | Modrý kostol, c2010: t.p. (kostola sv. Alžbety v Bratislave) Wikipedia, July 24, 2012 (The Church of St. Elizabeth (Slovak: Kostol svätej Alžbety, Hungarian: Szent Erzsébet templom), commonly known as Blue Church (Modrý kostolík, Kék templom), is a Hungarian Secessionist (Jugendstil) Catholic church located in the eastern part of the Old Town in Bratislava, Slovakia. It is consecrated to Elisabeth of Hungary, daughter of Andrew II, who grew up in the Pressburg Castle (pozsonyi vár). It is called "Blue Church" because of the colour of its façade, mosaics, majolicas and blue-glazed roof) |