- Idilesi: Guapulo, Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador.
- Ukwamkelwa: mahhala;
- Ukuqala kokwakhiwa: ngo-1649.
Abakhenkethi abaninzi banomdla kwi- Ecuador ukubona itempile elimangalisayo-i-cathedral yaseGuapulo. Ekufutshane nePitoli phakathi kwendlela yokudala, egcinwe ukususela ngoColumbus, iindlela, icawa kunye neendwendwe eziyinzulane zaba yindawo yokuhambela bonke abaKatolika belizwe. I-Cathedral yaseGuapulo yakhiwe kwindawo encinci phakathi kweentaba eziphakamileyo eziluhlaza ezihlukanisa iQuito ezivela kwiTlambo Valley. I-kedareli ijikelezwe ngamagquma aphantsi kwaye imi eduze kwendlela apho iinqununu ezili-Francisco Pizarro zihamba khona ziza ku-Amazon. Ukutyelela kuyo, uya kukumema ubugcisa bokuqala bokoloni kwaye ujabulele umbono ogqwesileyo ovula kwimpuma ye-Andes kunye nentlambo yeDe los Chillos.
Imbali yeCathhedral yaseGuapulo
Isakhiwo sokuqala se-kedareta sakhiwe ngowe-1596 kwaye saba nombonakalo othobekileyo. Emva kweminyaka engama-50, ngowe-1649 phantsi kolawulo luka-othole uAron Antonio Rodriguez, ukwakhiwa kwesi sakhiwo saqala. Isalathisi sagqitywa kwisimboli se-neoclassical, kwaye ukuphakama kwesakhiwo esikhulu nesigqityiweyo kunye kunye nedome kwakuyimitha engama-58. I-cathedral yamatye ye-cathedral yayifakwe ngo-1716 kwaye ibona enye yeyona nto intle kakhulu kwilizwekazi laseMzantsi Melika. Ngomnyaka we-1696, isomiso sabetha uKoito kunye neendawo ezikuyo, ukutshabalalisa izityalo nokuzisa iintlekele ezininzi kubahlali kunye nabemi beli sixeko. Ngokomlando, abantu abanomdla baye bathandaza ezulwini ukuze bathandaze, kwaye isibhakabhaka sasiva, sichaza ifu lemvula elinomfanekiso kaMama kaThixo. Ukususela ngaloo ndlela, uhlala enentlonelo kunye nentlonipho.
I-Cathedral yaseGuapulo kunye neQito yanamhlanje
Namhlanje, i-cathedral ithathwa njengenqobo yobutyebi bezakhiwo zenkolo yaseQuito. Ingaphakathi layo lihlotshiswe ngopendelo olumangalisayo, olusebenza ngabaculi uMiguel Santiago noNicolas Javier de Goribar. Enye yezinto eziphambili ze-kedralta, indawo yalo yintsika yinto ebizwa yiNtombikazi yaseGuadalupe, eyayiqoshwe nguLuis de Rivera noGeorge de Robles. Ukuchasene nenkonzo yecawa yecawa inesikhumbuzo kuFrancoco de Orellana - umqhubi waseSpain nomhambi, umfumbi we-Amazon. Ukongeza kwixabiso lezobugcisa kunye neengingqi zaloo ndawo, abaninzi banomdla ngombono omangalisayo weendawo ezikufutshane.
Ndingafika njani?
I-Cathedral yaseGuapulo ifuphi kufuphi ne-Metropolitano Park, ekude kumgama omkhulu. Ukukhawuleza ukufika etempileni, kungcono ukuthatha iteksi, okanye ukuqhuba idolophini yaseLos Conquistadores kwaye uhambe malunga neekhilomitha ezili-100 ukuya kwi-kedare.
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