Who was St Elizabeth?

A Hungarian princess known for charity

Blue Church Bratislava Quiz: Lechner's Art Nouveau Gem

This Blue Church Bratislava quiz admires the pastel church in Slovakia's capital. Play an interactive set of 10 questions on the Church of St Elizabeth, architect Ödön Lechner, building from 1909 to 1913, Hungarian Art Nouveau, blue majolica and glazed roof tiles, St Elizabeth of Hungary, its school chapel origins and Bratislava as a coronation city.

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🎯 Daily Trivia Challenge • 🧠 10 Questions • ⏱️ 150 Seconds

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

City
Which city has the Blue Church?
Name
What is the church's official name?
Architect
Who designed it?
Built
When was it built?
Style
Which style is the church?
Tiles
What gives the church its color?
Saint
Who was St Elizabeth?
Origin
What was the church first linked to?
Coronation
What was Bratislava for Hungarian kings?
Tower
What shape is the church's tower?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: Which city has the Blue Church?
Answer: Bratislava
It is Slovakia's capital.
Q2: What is the church's official name?
Answer: Church of St Elizabeth
Locals call it the Blue Church.
Q3: Who designed it?
Answer: Ödön Lechner
He was a Hungarian architect.
Q4: When was it built?
Answer: 1909 to 1913
It was consecrated in 1913.
Q5: Which style is the church?
Answer: Art Nouveau
Hungarians call it Secession style.
Q6: What gives the church its color?
Answer: Blue majolica and glazed tiles
Even the roof is tiled.
Q7: Who was St Elizabeth?
Answer: A Hungarian princess known for charity
She was born in 1207.
Q8: What was the church first linked to?
Answer: A nearby school
It served as a school chapel.
Q9: What was Bratislava for Hungarian kings?
Answer: A coronation city
Kings were crowned there for centuries.
Q10: What shape is the church's tower?
Answer: Round
It rises beside the main building.

Pastel Tiles and Hungarian Art Nouveau

The Church of St Elizabeth in Bratislava, Slovakia's capital, is better known as the Blue Church. It was built from 1909 to 1913 to a design by Hungarian architect Ödön Lechner, a leader of Hungarian Art Nouveau, also called the Secession style.

Its walls are painted pale blue and decorated with blue majolica, and even the roof is covered with glazed blue tiles. Rounded shapes, a round tower and folk-inspired ornaments make it look almost like a cake. The church first served as a chapel for a nearby school.

It is dedicated to St Elizabeth of Hungary, a princess born in 1207 and known for her charity, often linked with Bratislava, then called Pressburg or Pozsony. For centuries the city was a coronation city where Hungarian kings were crowned in St Martin's Cathedral.

What This Quiz Teaches

Architecture fans will enjoy these questions.

Who designed the church
When it was built
Which style it shows
Who it honors
What Bratislava once was

Did You Know?

Weddings are popular at the Blue Church.
Lechner also designed Budapest's Museum of Applied Arts.
Bratislava Castle overlooks the Danube.
The church interior is also blue and white.
Bratislava borders both Austria and Hungary.