- Idilesi: IRiphablikki yaseTrinidad neTobago, iPort-of-Spain, 30A I-Abercromby Street;
- Unyaka wesiseko: 1818
I-Cathedral yoButhathu Emnye, okanye iCawa yokuqala yeNgesi, ihlala kwisixeko sasePort-of-Spain kwisiqithi saseTrinidad . Imbali yale tempile yaqala ngekhulu le-18, xa kwakukho icawa encinane yamatye kwindawo yalo, kodwa ngo-1809 umlilo owonakalisayo wenziwa kuloo mzi, ongasindelanga nto, nakwizakhiwo zonqulo. Ngoko, amagunya ayenokwakhiwa kwecawa entsha, ngoko loo nyaka umqhele waseBrithani wanika imali ebandleni. Ukwakhiwa kweCathedral yoBathathu Emnye yagqitywa emva kweminyaka engama-9, kwaye emva kweminyaka emihlanu, ngoMeyi 25, 1823, ibandla lalingcwaliswa.
Yintoni ongayibona?
Ukwakhiwa kweCathhedral yoBuqu-zintathu Oyingcwele kubonwabisayo ngokwaneleyo, kuba ibonisa isimboli saseGeorgia esixutywe neGothic, ngelixa iimeko zakwa-Victori zikhoyo. Ukwakhiwa kwetempile kwakubaluleke kakhulu, ngoko uNobhala weColonial uFiliph Reinagle wasebenza kwisicwangciso sakhe. Nguye owakha i-conam ephezulu ye-console, eyenziwe ngamatye, athathwa emahlathini asekuhlaleni. Isibingelelo se-cathedral sakhiwa nge-mahogany ekhethiweyo kwaye sihlotshiswe nge-alabaster kunye nemarble. Konke oku kuye kwasinda kwale mini. Kwakhona iliso labakhenkethi liya kuvuyiswa ngefestile yeefestile ezidayiweyo, apho iingcwele zibonakaliswa khona.
Ngaphakathi kwetempile kukho umfanekiso wesarbri ozinikezelwe kumsunguli webandla. Ukongezelela, ngelo xesha wayenarhuluneli - uSir Ralph Woodford. Iindonga "zihlotswe" ngamacwecwe axelela ngamalungu abalulekileyo aseBrithani amaxesha amakholoni. Le nxalenye yembali yesizwe, kwaye kungekhona nje iCathedral yeZiqu Zintathu.
Kwakhona etempileni kukho enye imifanekiso emangalisayo, ebizwa ngokuba yinto engumfanekiso wendawo - isithixo sikaYesu Kristu. Ingqungquthela ithi kwiXVII inkulungwane yayisebandleni eVeracruz. Wayeqhutyelwa isiqithi saseTrinidad kwinqanawa. Kodwa inqanawa yayininzi kakhulu kwaye umphathi wayengenakukwazi ukujamelana nenyaniso yokuba iinqanawa zazihlala zihlala elunxwemeni lwesiqithi, ngoko ke kwagqitywa ukuba uyeke inxalenye yempahla, kuquka umfanekiso kaYesu Kristu. Izakhamuzi zedolophu zazibona njengoluphawu oluvela phezulu kwaye zenzeke ngokukhawuleza umfanekiso wesigxobo uqobo oluhloniphekileyo. Le ngongoma idluliselwa kwisizukulwana ukuya kwisizukulwana, ngoko isisa "isipho" esivela kumphathi owaziwayo ithathwa njengexabiso elikhulu.
Uphi na?
I-cathedral isitalato 30A I-Abercromby Street, isondele kwinqanaba eliphezulu leNtshona Main Rd (Westin Main Road). Ngelishwa, akukho zithuthi zikawonkewonke eziyeka kufuphi, ngoko kufuneka usebenzise inzuzo yabaqhubi bamatekisi.
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