- Ikheli: Plaza Independencia, Asuncion, eParaguay
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Esikhathini esingokomlando senhloko-dolobha yaseParaguay kuyisonto eliyinhloko lamaKatolika elizwe, okuthiwa yiCathhedral of Asuncion (i-Catedral Metropolitana de Asunción).
Iyini ithempeli elidumile?
Yona isakhiwo esidala kunazo zonke eNingizimu Melika. Kuthathwa njengombhishobhi wokuqala weRio de la Plata, futhi wanconywa ngokuhlonishwa kwe-Assumption of Our Lady (Virgin Mary), ongu-patroness of the city of Asuncion . Isonto lakhiwa endaweni yesonto elishisayo ngomyalo weNkosi yaseSpain uPhilip II ngo-1561. Lesi sikhathi yisikhathi esisemthethweni sesisekelo.
Ekhulwini le-XIX, ngesikhathi sokubusa kukaDon Carlos Antonio Lopez kanye nomeluleki wakhe uMariano Roque Alonso, ithempeli lalijwayele ukuvuselelwa futhi lwanamuhla, lavulwa ngo-Okthoba 1845. Yakhiwa ngumdwebi wase-Uruguay uCarlos Ciusi.
Isimo seCathhedral sasikelwe ngo-1963, emva kokusungulwa kwe-diocese yendawo. Umsebenzi wokulungisa wokugcina wenziwa kusukela ngo-2008 kuya ku-2013. NgoJulayi 2015, uPapa waseRome wafunda iMisa lapha, ngokuhlonishwa kwalesi senzakalo kwaba nomkhosi omkhulu ethempelini.
Izakhiwo ze-shrine
Unayo ama-naves amahlanu futhi ahlanganisa izitayela ezahlukene:
- i-neoclassical;
- i-baroque;
- I-Gothic;
- I-Moorish.
Ingeniso eyinhloko yenziwa ngendlela ye-arch, futhi amakholomu alo ohlangothini asekela i-cornice. Isiqephu sakhiwo senziwe ngombala omhlophe, sihlotshiswe ngamafasitela amakhulu, ama-medallion nama-stucco nesithombe se-Our Lady. Emaceleni omabili wesakhiwo kukhona imibhoshongo ephakeme eyakhiwe ngekhulu lama-XX, ibeka umqhele omncane wekhaya.
Ingaphakathi yethempeli lihle kakhulu. I-altare elikhulu leCathhedral of Asuncion liphakeme kakhulu, limbozwe ngesiliva, libulawa ngesitayela se-antique futhi libhekene nomnyango. Lapha kukhona ama-crystal chandeliers anenzuzo (ezihlukahlukene ze-baccarat). Lezi zinto zanikelwa ethempelini nguMbuso wase-Austro-Hungarian. Ebandleni kuneziqephu eziningana ezazinikele ebusweni babangcwele.
Ukubheka
Noma ubani angavakashela ithempeli, kodwa kungcono ukwenza lokhu, ehambisana nomhlahlandlela wendawo, ukuze ajwayele abahambi ngomlando wesakhiwo esikhulu sezenkolo sezwe . I-cathedral isasebenza futhi iyisikhungo sokuphila okungokomoya phakathi kwabantu bendawo: imikhosi enhle, izinkonzo zenziwa lapha, amaholide amakhulu angokwenkolo (uKhisimusi, i-Easter, njll) zigujwa.
Ungafika kanjani ethempelini?
Isonto elikhulu lamaKatolika lezwe liphakathi nendawo yedolobha elidumile. Ifakwe ohlelweni lokubuka indawo yokubona indawo. Ungayifinyelela ngebhasi, ngezinyawo noma ngezimoto ezitaladini: Azara / Félix de Azara, Mcal. U-Estigarribia, u-Eligio Ayala no-Av. I-Mariscal López, ibanga liyi-4 km.
I-Asuncion yamasonto ibhekwa njengenye yezakhiwo ezinhle kunazo zonke edolobheni futhi akuyona kuphela indawo yamasiko nenkolo yeParaguay, kodwa futhi ingxenye yomlando wayo ocebile.