- Ikheli: 136-148 Yarra St, Geelong VIC 3220, Australia
- Iwebhusayithi: stmarysgeelong.com.au
- Usuku wokwakhiwa: 1854-1937.
- Amahora okusebenza: 7.00 - 17.00 (ngempelasonto 7.00 - 17.30)
Geelong - kubonakala sengathi i-port ejwayelekile, kodwa ngaphakathi kwe- Australia kubonakala sengathi iyidolobha elikhulu langempela. Lapha uhlala nabantu abangaphezu kuka-160 000, okuyinto ekhangayo kakhulu kuleli zwekazi. I-Geelong yonyaka ivakashelwe izivakashi ezingaba yizigidi ezingu-3, ​​ezithandwa kule ndawo hhayi kuphela ngobuhle bemvelo nolwandle oludabukisayo, kodwa nangemibono eminingi. Phakathi kwenani labo linombolo enkulu yeminyuziyamu yezihloko ezihlukahlukene, okuyinto engavamile kakhulu edolobheni elijwayelekile e-Australia. Ukunakwa okuncane kufanele kube nokwakhiwa kwenkathi yama-Victorian endaweni engokomlando yedolobha. Kodwa igugu langempela lomuzi yi-Basilica yaseSt. Mary yezingelosi, okubhekwa njengesakhiwo esikhulu kunazo zonke eGeelong.
Kuyini okuthakazelisayo nge-cathedral?
Ukwakhiwa kwalesi sikhumbuzo esikhulu sezakhiwo kwakhiwa kude nango-1854, lapho ilitshe lekhoneni labekwe esisekelo sesonto. Ngaleso sikhathi, uGeelong wathola ukuqhuma kwegolide, futhi amakhulu abantu baphuthuma lapha ukuze bazuze imali. Lokhu kwavusa ukwanda okukhulu nokuthuthukiswa komuzi. Kodwa-ke, lesi sivinini asizange sibe ngaphezu kweminyaka emibili, futhi ngokuhamba kwesikhathi ukwakhiwa kwesonto kubanda. Isakhiwo esingaqediwe sinezinyawo ezingenalutho zezakhelo zamafasitela iminyaka engaphezu kwengu-15, kwaze kwaba ngo-1871 ukwakhiwa akuzange kuvuselelwe. Nakuba ukwakhiwa kwethempeli akukaze kufinyelele kulawo ma-tempos amahloni, kodwa ngo-1937 ukuphoqwa kokugcina kwaqedwa - ukwakhiwa kwesiphambano seSonto laseSt. Mary of the Angels. Ngo-1995 isakhiwo kulindeleke ukuthi kubuyiselwe isikhathi eside. U-2004 wawuphawu oluphawulekayo lwesonto, ngoba ngaleso sikhathi i-Vatican yayikhethele isihloko se-Basilica yaseSt. Mary yezingelosi.
Namuhla, efika ku-Yarra Street, singayithanda isakhiwo esihle, esakhiwa ngokucacile izici ze-neo-Gothic. Izinto eziyinhloko zokwakhiwa kwakuyi-sandstone. Ngonyaka ka-2005, ithempeli laqala ukudweba okwakusesimweni sokuqala okwenziwe ngezitshalo ezihambayo, ezibeka umcengezi. Iphonswa ngethusi futhi itholakale ngokushesha ngaphansi kwefasitela elizungezile-ingilazi ngesimo se-rose. Lesi siphambano esiyingqayizivele sakhishwa kusuka ethusi, futhi indawo yaso ayikho ngaphezu kwamamitha ayizikwele ngesayizi. Izinikezelwe enkumbulo kaSheila Maguire, owayengumfundisi wesonto, kodwa ngesikhathi esisodwa wenza izenzo eziningi ezinhle kubantu abampofu.
Nokho, iBasilica yaseSt. Mary of the Angels ibhekwa ukuthi ukukhanga okuyinhloko kwedolobha akukhona ngenxa yezithombe. Kusukela ngo-1937, okugxilwe ngokuyinhloko yiwona wesonto. Ukuphakama, kufinyelela ku-46 m kanti yiyona ephakeme kakhulu e-Australia. Yebo, futhi isontosikelelo lonke aliphansi kunoma ngubani ekuqaleni kulokhu, ligijimela ngamamitha angu-64 ukusuka emhlabathini.
I-Basilica yaseSt. Mary of the Angels yisimo esihloniphekile seNational Estate eVictoria. Kukhona imikhosi ehlukahlukene, izinsizakalo zamasonto kanye namakhonsathi okucula kwe-choral, kumasakramenti ngabanye okubhapathizwa kanye nemishado. Ngaphezu kwalokho, lapha ngezikhathi bahlela ukuqoqwa kweminikelo, izinto zakudala nokudla, abese bezinikela kwabaswele. Futhi e-Basilica yaseSt. Mary of the Angels isebenza isikole sawo esithile. Izivakashi zivunyelwe lapha ngaphandle kwezinkinga, isimo esiyinhloko ukuziphatha okufanele. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ngeke uvunyelwe ukuhamba ngokukhululekile futhi uhlole isonto phakathi kwanoma yiziphi izinkonzo zenkolo noma izintshumayelo. Kodwa uma ezinye izivakashi zinenhlanhla ngokwanele ukuvakashela isonto ngehora likaKhisimusi, khona-ke kusukela emasimini aKhisimusi ejabule futhi enembile, umbono weSt. Mary of the Angels isonto uzowanda.
Ungafika kanjani?
Isitoreji esiseduze eSt. Mary of the Angels i-Little Myers St, esingafinyelelwa ngamabhasi uNo.1, 24, 31, 41, 42, 50, 51, 55.
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