- Ikheli: St Mary's Rd, eSydney NSW 2000, e-Australia;
- Iwebhusayithi: stmaryscathedral.org.au;
- Ifoni: +61 2 9220 0400;
- Ukungena: mahhala
Mhlawumbe ithempeli elihle kunazo zonke futhi elibanzi kunazo zonke e- Australia lingabhekwa njengeChethral of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Itholakala enhliziyweni yengxenye yebhizinisi laseSydney futhi hhayi iminyaka eyishumi yokuqala akuyona nje indawo ephawulekayo yalesi sizwe, kodwa i-shrine yayo kazwelonke.
Yini ongayibona eKhedhedral of the Blessed Virgin Mary?
Ngo-1930, wathola isimo "sesonto elincane," futhi uthi uma uPapa evakashela leli zwe, uzokwazi ukuhlala kuleli khathi.
Kufanele kuqaphele ukuthi umlando walesi sigqebhezana unamashumi amabili. Amatshe okuqala esakhiweni seKathedral ye-Holy Virgin Mary yafakwa ngo-Okthoba 29, 1821. Eminyakeni embalwa kamuva isakhiwo saqedwa. Isonto, elenziwe ngesitayela esingenalo i-gothic, sinesimo se-Latin. Ngeshwa, ngo-1865 kwakukhona umlilo esontweni lesonto, okwakubhidliza ngokuphelele lesi sakhiwo.
Ukwakhiwa kwesonto elisha kwaqala ngo-1868 ngaphansi komsebenzi kaWilliam Wardell, ipeni lalo msebenzi wokwakhiwa kweCathhedral yaseSt. Patrick eMelbourne. Ubukhulu besonto elisha liyamangalisa: ubude buyi-110 m, ububanzi be-nave buyi-24.5 m.
Kuze kube manje, iKathedral ye-Blessed Virgin Mary iyisibonelo esivelele seNgisi yeGothic yokuvuselela kwekhulu le-19. Lesi sakhiwo sakhiwe nge-sandstone, ekugcineni sathola umthunzi obumnyama.
Ukungena ngaphakathi, into yokuqala eheha ukunakwa yizingilazi ezigcoke, ezidalwe eminyakeni engaphezu kwengu-50 edlule. Kufanelekile ukuphawula ukuthi ekamelweni lesonto kukhona amafasitela angama-40 kuphela angama-glass, lapho izithombe ezithinta izihloko ezihlukahlukene zikhonjiswa khona. Isibonelo, i-altare eligcoke ingilazi yisithombe seVirgin Mary, inhloko yayo ihlotshiswe ngomqhele omkhulu. Kusukela ohlangothini olungaphambili kukhona amafasitela amathathu amaGothic anefomu le-rosette.
Ngaphambi komlilo esontweni elikhulu kwakuyinhlangano enkulu e-Australia. Manje e-western transept insimbi yomculo eyenziwe yi-Quebec master Letourno ifakiwe. Esinye isitho sitholakala ku-crypt.
Emkhakheni we-cathedral kukhona izithombe ze-Archbishop wesine uMichael waseSydney, uKelly, uMbhishobhi omkhulu wesithathu wamaRoma Katolika, uPatrick Francis Moran, isithombe esinikezwe uMary McKillop, umsunguli wamaKatolika e-Australia, uPapa John Paul II, kanye nesithombe esithi "Madonna and Child" ikhophi yalowo owashiswa emlilweni ka-1865.
Ungafika kanjani?
Eduze nomonakalo kuyisabelo esihle kakhulu sokuthutha, ngoba lapha ungathola ngamabhasi inombolo 71, 83, 91, 96 no 99.
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