- Idilesi: Triq San Gwann, Il-Belt Valletta, Malta
- Ifowuni: +356 2122 0536.
- Iwebhusayithi esemthethweni: www.cityofvalletta.org
- Ukufumanisa: 1577
- Umqambi: uGirolamo Cassar
Umbono omangalisayo welanga uValletta waba yiKathhedral yaseSt. John. Ngaphandle lifana nesinqaba esiqhelekileyo, kodwa ngaphakathi kwayo yindlu enkulu. IiSahluko, i-mosaic ekhonkxiweyo, umzobo obalaseleyo kwiindonga kunye neefestile ezigcocekileyo-oku akunakwenzeka ukuba uzibonge.
Inxalenye ethile yembali
I-St. John's Cathedral eValletta yakhiwe ngokuhlonipha uSt. John uMbhaptizi ngamagqabi aseMalta. Ngomnyaka we-1572 inkosi yomyalelo we-knightly uJean de la Cassiere wamisela ukuphakanyiswa kwalo mhlaba kummandla wesakhiwo somkhosi - uGlorm Kassar. Ekuqaleni, inkulu yecawa yayiyonto encinane, kodwa emva koKhuseleko oluMkhulu lwaseMalta lwakhiwa kwakhona. Uninzi lweenguqu lwenzeka ngaphakathi kwintendelezo. Yongeza intle yaseBaroque yangaphakathi yayiyicinga lomculi waseNtaliyane uMattia Preti, owayenomdla wokwakha.
Iimpawu zeCathhedral
Ikhonkco ngalinye leSt. John Cathedral eValletta lugqwesileyo lwezobugcisa. Ukungena ngaphakathi, ngokukhawuleza ubeke ingqalelo kumgangatho - umzobo osebenza njengelitye le-marble le-Knights of Order yaseMalta. Bekulapha, phantsi kwendawo yokungcwaba kwamaqhawe amakhulu kweli lizwe. Iimifanekiso ezityebileyo zamatye kunye nepeyinti yokugubha isithambiso ziya kukuxelela ngobomi bukaYohane uMbhaptizi. Kwintlanganiso yesithili kukho iintsimbi ezisibhozo ezikhethiweyo ezazinikezelwa kubaphathi abalisibhozo.
Intlonelo enkulu kwiindwendwe ikhutshwa ngumdwebo nguMichelangelo da Caravaggio, "Ukunyuka kukaJohane uMbhaptizi", 1608. Umculi wevukeli wanikela lo mfanekiso ngexesha elifutshane kakhulu, emva kokuba egwetyelwe ukufa ngenxa yokubulala ebudeni obunxila. Lo mboniso ngumsebenzi osayinwe wokugqibela womdali. Kwintlanganiso yesinye, enye imifanekiso, yangaphambili yomculi omnye, "Hieronymus III", yafumana indawo yakhe.
Ekufutshane nomnyango ongundoqo kwiCathhedral yaseSt. John kukho isikhumbuzo kumphathi owaziwayo uMarcantonio Dzondadari, owayengumntakwabo uPapa uAlexander VІІ.
Ulungile ukwazi!
I-St. John's Cathedral eValletta iqhuba ukususela ngoMsombuluko ukuya kuLwesihlanu ukususela ngo-9.30 ukuya ku-16.30. NgoMgqibelo uvulekele kwiindwendwe kude kube ngu-12.00. NgeCawa, kuphela amalungu ebandla anokutyelela i-cathedral.
Ekubeni ukubonakala kunye nokugcinwa kweendleko zeendleko zededari, ngo-2000 kwagqitywa ekubeni kwenziwe iindwendwe ezihlawulwe. Okwangoku, ungathenga ithikithi kula maxabiso:
Abantwana abaneminyaka engaphantsi kwe-12 ubudala yokungeniswa mahala.
Unokufikelela eSt John's Cathedral eValletta ngezothutho zoluntu , umzekelo, nge-shuttle ibhasi. Isitishi esiseduze ukuya kwinqanaba lomdla yi-Main Bus Terminus.
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