- Ikheli: Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, Port-of-Spain, 30A Street Abercromby;
- Unyaka wesisekelo: 1818
I-Cathedral ye-Trinity Trinity, noma i-First English Church, isendaweni yasePort-of-Spain esiqhingini saseTrinidad . Umlando walethempeli waqala ngekhulu le-18, lapho isonto elincane lezinkuni lalisendaweni yalo, kodwa ngo-1809 kwaba nomlilo obi kakhulu edolobheni, okwakungekho lutho, ngisho nezakhiwo zenkolo. Ngakho, iziphathimandla kwakudingeka zakha isonto elisha, ngakho lowo nyaka umqhele waseBrithani wanika imali esontweni. Ukwakhiwa kweCathedral engcwele kaZiqu-zintathu kwaqedwa ngemva kweminyaka engu-9, futhi eminyakeni emihlanu kamuva, ngo-May 25, 1823, isonto lalingcweliswa.
Yini ongayibona?
Ukwakhiwa kweCathhedral yoBuZiqu-zintathu Ongcwele kuyathakazelisa ngokwanele, ngoba kubonisa isitayela saseGeorgia esixubene neGothic, kuyilapho izakhi zenkathi yamaVictoria zikhona. Ukwakhiwa kwethempeli kwakubaluleke kakhulu, ngakho-ke uNobhala weColoni uPhilip Reinagle wasebenza ohlelweni lwakhe. Nguye owakhiqiza i-console enophahla, okwakhiwa ngamapulangwe, athathwa emahlathini asendaweni. I-altare le-cathedral lakhiwa ngama-mahogany akhethiwe futhi lihlotshiswe nge-alabaster nemabula. Konke lokhu kusinde kuze kube namuhla. Futhi iso lezokuvakasha lizokuthokozela ngefasitela lamafasitela angenalutho, lapho abangcwele aboniswa khona.
Ngaphakathi kwethempeli kukhona isithombe se-marble esinikezelwe kumsunguli wesonto. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ngaleso sikhathi naye wayengumbusi - uSir Ralph Woodford. Izindonga "zihlotshiswe" ngezibhebhe ezitshela ngamalungu abalulekile e-British elite yezikhathi zamakholoni. Lokhu kuyingxenye yomlando kazwelonke, hhayi nje iCathhedral yeZiqu Zintathu Ezingcwele.
Futhi ethempelini kunesinye isithombe esimangalisayo, esibhekwa njengento eqondile yendawo - isifanekiso sezinkuni sikaJesu Kristu. I-legend ithi esikhathini sekhulu le-XVII yayingowesonto eVeracruz. Wathwala isiqhingi saseTrinidad emkhunjini. Kodwa umkhumbi wawugcwele ngokweqile futhi induna ayikwazanga ukubhekana nokuthi umkhumbi wawuqhutshwa njalo ogwini lesi siqhingi, ngakho-ke kunqunywe ukushiya ingxenye yempahla, kuhlanganise nesithombe sikaJesu Kristu. Izakhamuzi zaleli dolobha zazibona lokhu njengesibonakaliso esivela phezulu futhi ngokushesha zenze isithombe esenziwe ngokhuni ngokwayo esivumelwaneni esingcwele kakhulu. Le nganekwane idluliselwa kusukela esizukulwaneni kuya esizukulwaneni, ngakho-ke "isipho" esivela ku-captain ongaziwa kubhekwa njengenani elikhulu kakhulu.
Uphi lapho?
I-cathedral isendaweni yomgwaqo 30A Abercromby Street, iseduze ne-Main Road Main (Westin Main Road). Ngeshwa, azikho izithuthi zomphakathi ezishiye eduze, ngakho kufanele usebenzise abashayeli bamatekisi.
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