The Church of Saint Elisabeth was built in 1907-1908 and is an Art Noveau, Hungarian Secessionist Catholic church in the eastern part of Old Town. It is decorated with bright blue majolica tiles. Majolica tile is manufactured in Modra, Western Slovakia.
The church is consecrated to Elisabeth of Thuringia. She was the daughter of Hungarian king Andrew II and whe was born in 1207 in Pressburg (now Bratislava). She was engaged to Ludwig IV when she was 4 years old and they were married when she was 13.
Elisabeth is best known for the legend which says that whilst she was taking bread to the poor, in secret, her husband asked her what she had in the basket. Elisabeth opened it and the bread she was taking had turned into roses.
I'm sure this church does a huge volume of weddings. Especially since it kind of looks like a wedding cake. The only bummer when we went is that it was locked so we couldn't see the inside. Oh well, that just means another visit.
Never heard of this one, nice place thx:)
ReplyDeleteBtw. there are some of the most beautiful baroque churches around Brno. My favourite is in Křtiny. It is a huge church build in a tiny village in deep woods. The place has definitely some athmospehere. http://www.brankovice.cz/branek/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/krtiny.jpg
And there is also the UNESCO Church on the Zelená hora which is said to be the most beautiful church built in baroque style ever. It is definitely quite weird design considering it is 400 years old http://www.kampocesku.cz/gallery/2008_01/zelena-hora-let.jpg
..u finally saw this lovely smurf church...and next time u go inside, when it is open..but meanwhile i can show u pictures, as i was inside:)
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