- Ikheli: Triq San Gwann, Il-Belt Valletta, Malta
- Ifoni: +356 2122 0536.
- Iwebhusayithi esemthethweni: www.cityofvalletta.org
- Ukutholwa: 1577
- Umakhi: uGirolamo Cassar
Umbono omuhle kakhulu wokukhanya kwelanga uValletta waba yiCathhedral yaseSt. John. Ngaphandle lifana nenqaba ejwayelekile yesikhashana, kodwa ngaphakathi kwayo iyindlu enhle kakhulu. AmaSahluko, i-mosaic ekhonjiwe, imidwebo engavamile emadongeni namafasitela angenalutho - lokhu akunakwenzeka ukuzijabulisa.
Umlando omncane
I-St. John's Cathedral eValletta yakhiwa ngokuhlonishwa kukaSt. John uMbhapathizi ngamakhwenyana aseMalta. Ngo-1572 inkosi yaseJaji uJean de la Cassiere yamemezela ukuthi kwakhiwe lo mdwebo kumakhi wezempi - uGlorm Kassar. Ekuqaleni, i-cathedral yayisonto elincane, kodwa emva kokuqothulwa kweGreat Greater of Malta kwakhiwe kabusha. Iningi lezinguquko zenzeka ngaphakathi kwethempeli. Engeza ingaphakathi elihle kakhulu lamaBaroque kwakuwumcabango womculi wase-Italy uMattia Preti, owayengumklamo wayo.
Ukudla kwe-Cathedral
Ikhoneni ngalinye likaSt. John's Cathedral eValletta liwubuciko obuhle bokubukwa komlando. Ukungena ngaphakathi, ngokushesha ulale phansi - i-mosaic eyenziwa njengetshe lamatshe e-marble le-Knights of the Order yaseMalta. Bekulapha, phansi kwaba ukumbelwa kwamaqhawe amakhulu kulelizwe. Ukudweba ngamatje okuthakazelisayo kanye nokudweba okuveziwe okuzobekwa khona kuzokutshela ngokuphila kukaJohane uMbhapathizi. Ethempelathini kukhona ama-chapel ayisishiyagalombili amahle azinikele kubanikazi abayisishiyagalombili be-order knightly.
Ukuhlonipha okukhulu izivakashi kukhishwa umdwebo kaMichelangelo da Caravaggio, "I-Beheading yaJohane uMbhapathizi", ngo-1608. Umculi ovukela umbuso wabhala lesi sithombe ngesikhathi esifushane kakhulu, ngemuva kokugwetshwa kokubulala ngenxa yokudakwa okudakiwe. Lobuciko obuhle ngumsebenzi wokugcina osayinwe womdali. Esikhathini samasonto, omunye, isithombe sangaphambili somculi ofanayo, "uHeronymus III", wathola indawo yakhe.
Eduze emnyango omkhulu eKathhedral yaseSt. John kukhona isikhumbuzo kumphathi odumile uMarcantonio Dzondadari, owayengumshana kaPapa Alexander Alexander.
Kuhle ukwazi!
I-St. John's Cathedral eValletta iqala ngoMsombuluko kuya kuLwesihlanu kusukela ngo-9.30 kuya ku-16.30. NgoMgqibelo uvulekele izivakashi kuze kube ngu-12.00. NgeSonto, amalungu kuphela ebandla angavakashela isonto lesonto.
Kusukela ukubonakala nokugcinwa komhlobiso wezindleko zamasonto, ngonyaka ka-2000 kunqunywe ukuba kwenziwe izivakashi ezikhokhelwa. Okwamanje, ungathenga ithikithi kulezi zintengo:
Abantwana abangaphansi kweminyaka engu-12 bangeniswa mahhala.
Ungakwazi ukufinyelela eSt. John's Cathedral eValletta ngokuthutha umphakathi , isibonelo, nge-shuttle ibhasi. Isitoreji esiseduze kuze kube seqophelweni lesithakazelo yi-Main Bus Terminus.
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