- Ikheli: Guapulo, Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador.
- Ukungena: mahhala;
- Ukuqala kokwakhiwa: ngo-1649.
Izivakashi eziningi zizimisele ukuza e-Ecuador ukubona ithempeli elimangalisayo - i-cathedral yaseGuapulo. Kutholakala cishe phakathi kweQuito emgumbini wezindala, ogcinwe kusukela eColumbus, imigwaqo, isonto nesonto lezindela zaba yindawo yokuhambela wonke amaKatolika ezweni. I-Cathedral yaseGuapulo yakhiwe endaweni encane phakathi kwamagquma aluhlaza ahlukanisa iQuito e-Tumbaco Valley. I-cathedral ibhajwe ngamagogi ajulile futhi imile eceleni komgwaqo lapho amakhulu eminyaka inhlangano kaFrancisco Pizarro eya khona ukuthola ama-Amazon. Ukuyivakashela, uzobonga izakhiwo zasendulo zekoloni futhi ujabulele umbono omuhle kakhulu ovulekile e-Andes empumalanga nasesigodini saseDe los Chillos.
Umlando weCathhedral yaseGuapulo
Isakhiwo sokuqala se-cathedral sakhiwa ngo-1596 futhi sasibukeka kakhulu. Ngemuva kweminyaka engama-50, ngo-1649 ngaphansi kobuholi bukababa oNgcwele u-Antonio Rodriguez, ukwakhiwa kwesakhiwo samanje kwaqala. Isiqephu sasiqedile ngesitayela se-neoclassical ngaleso sikhathi, futhi ukuphakama kwesakhiwo esikhulu nesigqamile esakhiwe kanye nedome kwakungamamitha angama-58. I-cathedral yamapulangwe yesikhungo sobudala yayiqoshwe ngo-1716 futhi ibhekwa njengenye yezinhle kunazo zonke kulo lonke izwekazi laseNingizimu Melika. Ngo-1696, kwaba nesomiso seQuito nezindawo ezizungezile, kwabhubhisa izitshalo futhi kwaletha izinhlekelele eziningi kubahlali nabakhileyo edolobheni. Ngokusho komlando, abantu abanesiphephelo bathandaza ezulwini ukuze bathandaze, futhi isibhakabhaka sawazwa, sambulela ifu lemvula elinomfanekiso kaMama kaNkulunkulu. Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, ujabulela inhlonipho nenhlonipho yonke.
I-Cathedral yaseGuapulo ne-Quito yanamuhla
Namuhla, i-cathedral ibhekwa njengengcebo yangempela yomakhiwo wezenkolo waseQuito. Ingaphakathi layo lihlotshiswe ngemidwebo emangalisayo, esebenza ngabaculi uMiguel Santiago noNicolas Javier de Goribar. Esinye sezikhangiso eziyinhloko zesonto eliphakeme, indawo yalo engcwele yisithombe seVirgin of Guadalupe, esasiqoshwe uLuis de Rivera noGeorge de Robles. Ngokuphambene nesikhishobhi kukhona isikhumbuzo kuFrancisco de Orellana - umqhubi waseSpain nomhambi, umbulali we-Amazon. Ngaphezu kokubaluleka kobuciko nomlando wendawo, abaningi bakhangwa imibono emihle yendawo eseduzane.
Ungafika kanjani?
I-Cathedral yaseGuapulo itholakala eduze neMetropolitano Park, kude nakwezinye izindawo ezinkulu. Ukuze ufike ngokushesha ethempelini, kungcono ukuthatha itekisi, noma ukushayela emgwaqweni de Los Conquistadores futhi uhambe cishe ngamamitha angu-100 kuya ekederald.
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