- Idilesi: Enrique Mac Iver 341, iSantiago, Región Metropolitana, eChile;
- Ikhasi elisemthethweni: mercedarios.cl;
- Ifowuni: +56 2 2639 5684;
- Unyaka wokwakha: unyaka we-1566.
Nabani oye watyelela inkulu-dolophu yaseChile, iSantiago, akanakudlula i-square yePaza yaseArmas. Indlela eqhelekileyo yabatyeleli ayipheli ngolu hlobo, kodwa kuphela nje iqalisa. Emva koko, iibhloko ezimbini kuphela ukusuka kwisikwere yi-Basilica yeVirgin Mercedes. Ibandla lakhiwa ngekhulu le-15, kodwa kusekhona indawo yokunqula. Ukuqwalaselwa kwabakhenkethi kwakha umklamo obalabala, olwazisa ngabagxeki bezobugcisa. Icawa yaphakanyiswa kwisikhundla sesiganeko sesizwe saseChile.
Imbali yendalo
Kwakukho i-Basilica kweso sixeko emva kokufika kweeendlunkulu zeNkundla yeMantombi yaseMercedes, apho irhuluneli inikwe uncedo lonke. Ngombulelo ngeminyaka esixhenxe esetyenziswe eSantiago, iitonki zakha icawa, inkqubo yokwakha iphelile ngo-1566. Njengoko isixeko, njengalo lizwe, sisekuhlaleni kwintsebenziswano enamandla, iinyikimazi azikwazanga ukudlula i-Basilica. Ngaphezulu kwekhulu leminyaka ibandla lalimile kwifomu yalo yangaphambili, kodwa ngo-1683 lonakaliswe kakubi ngenxa yenyikima. I-basilica yakha kwakhona, kwaye iinkonzo zonqulo zaqala ukuqhutyelwa khona kwakhona. Kwakhona, kwakhiwa umsebenzi wokwakha nokubuyisela ngo-1736, xa ibandla laphinde lahlaselwa yindyikima.
I-Basilica yeVirgin Mercedes namhlanje
Abakhenkethi bayamenywa ukuba batyelele zonke izakhiwo zakhiwo: kubandakanya icawa ngokwayo, i-monastery esondeleyo, izakhiwo zoqoqosho. Abahambi abanomdla kwizakhiwo zaseSantiago, kubalulekile ukujonga le ndoda ekhethekileyo. Kodwa i-Basilika inomdla kwiinjongo zonqulo, ngoko kuya kubakho abafundisayo, abafundisi bezolwazi kunye nabalambileyo ukufunda ngeKatolika. Umoya wangaphandle ongaphandle uya kunceda ukuphonononga imisebenzi yebuyisela. Ngokukhethekileyo kucetyiswa ukuba ukhangele ngakumbi kwisakhiwo ekutshoneni kwelanga.
Uyakhuthaza ukutyelela i-Basilica kunye nokufikeleleka ngokuthe ngenyathelo. Ukuhamba ngeenxa zonke eSantiago, kukufanelekile ukubeka indlela kuyo. Emva koko umntu unokubona enye yezakhiwo ezintle kakhulu ezakhiwe kwi-Neo-Renaissance style. Esinye isizathu sokutyelela icawa ngumyuziyam ophakathi kwintsimi enzima. Iqokelela izinto zenkcubeko nobugcisa, kunye namanani avela kwisiqithi sase-Easter.
Indlela yokufikelela kwi-Basilica?
Ukuya e-Basilica akulona nzima, kuba ungasebenzisa izithuthi zikawonkewonke. Icawa ikhona ezimbini iibhloko ukusuka kwinqanaba eliphambili laseSantiago. Dlula umgca awukwazi, ngokuba isakhiwo sombala we-terracotta sichasene nemvelaphi yezindlu zanamhlanje. Le yindawo efanelekileyo apho unokuphumla khona kwingxolo yesixeko.