- Idilesi: Malta, L-Imdina, Triq Santu Rokku
- Ifowuni: +356 2145 6620
- Iwebhusayithi esemthethweni: www.mdinacathedral.com
- Ukufumana: 1702
- Umcwangcisi: Lorenzo Gafa
UMdina ngumzi apho ixesha liyekile. Inkunzi enkulu yaseMalta igcina inani elikhulu lobugcisa kwaye lininzi ekhangayo. USt. Paul's Cathedral eMdina ngowona mhlaba okhangayo kakhulu ukuba bonke abaseMalta banqabisekileyo. Kukhulu ngokwenene ngaphandle nangaphakathi. Ngethuba liyi-cathedral esebenzayo, ngoko ngexesha lokutyelela ungayifumana inkonzo okanye ubunzima.
Kwimbali
Abahlali baseMalta baseMalta bakholelwa ukuba iSt. Paul's Cathedral eMdina yakhiwe kwindawo yaseMalta, apho uBhishophu wokuqala uPublius wadibana nompostile uPawulos emva kokuqhekeka kwinqanawa edumile. Ngelishwa, emva kokuzamazama komhlaba ngo-1693, i-kedareli yabhujiswa kwaye kwafuneka ivuselelwe kwakhona. I-St. Paul's Cathedral yokuqala eMdina yakhiwa ngo-1675 yiDemember Count Roger waseNormandy owaziwayo, kunye kunye no-Lorenzo Gaf.
Emva kwezinto ezibhubhisayo, xa kuqothula i-cathedral yokuqala phantsi kwesiseko, ixabiso elixabisekileyo lalifunyenwe - iibhedi zegolide kunye nengubo yeengalo. Ngenxa yalolu hlobo, ukuxabana okukhulu kwaqala phakathi kobhishophu weso sixeko kunye noMongameli Omkhulu, kodwa ngo-1702 konke ukungavumelani kwaphela kwaye iSt. Paul's Cathedral entsha yahlanjululwa. Okumangalisa kukuba, emva kokuzamazama komhlaba, ubugcisa bemisebenzi yobugcisa be-cathedral yokuqala inokugcinwa, okwangoku namhlanje zonke iindwendwe ziyakwazi ukuyiqonda.
I-St. Paul's Cathedral eMdina yayithweswe isithsaba esikhulu esingaqhelekanga ngo-1710. Abahlali basekuhlaleni bakholelwa ukuba kule ndawo indalo uGaf yazigqitha. Nangona kunjalo, kwakukho isakhiwo esinika iGaf udumo lwehlabathi, kuba umbala walo obalaseleyo kunye nokubonakala okubhenkisayo kubangalisa bonke abavakalisi beMdina. Ngomnyaka we-1950, idome yededareli yayilungisiwe, njengento yonke yokuhlobisa.
Yaye yintoni ephakathi?
USt. Paul's Cathedral eMdina ngumzekelo we-baroque ephathekayo. Isitayela esivuthiweyo, bobabini ngaphandle nangaphakathi kwetempile, ixhoba bonke abafundisi kunye nabakhenkethi. Ukuhlobisa kwangaphakathi kweendonga kunye nesilwanyana kufana neCathhedral yaseSt. John. Kwakhona umgangatho omangalisayo womzobo owenziwe ngamatye angcwaba, kunye nabameli be-aristocracy yaseMalta. Ixabiso lembali le-cathedral limelelwe ngamafrescoes atyhiywe ngumPhostoli uPawulos. Iifresksi ezinomdla kakhulu kunye ezithandekayo zise-aspidum yesikhungo.
Ixabiso elikhulu kwiSt. Paul's Cathedral eMdina kwakuyimifanekiso kaMattia Preti "Isibheno seSt. Paul", esingaza kuphila ngexesha lokuzamazama komhlaba. Ukongeza kule ntalo, umzobo obalaseleyo othi "iMadonna neNyana" yekhulu le-15 ithathwa njengento ebalulekileyo. Kwi-kedareli kukho imifanekiso eninzi ye-Albrecht Durer edumileyo-i-engraver yehlabathi, i-maestro ye-woodcuts.
Iwashi eSt. Paul's Cathedral eMdina litsalisa ukubona abavakashi abaninzi. Iifowuni ezimbini zokubukela zenziwe kwi-akhawunti yesikhathi kunye nomhla. Ngokusekelwe kumgca, lo mboniso wenziwa ukuze udibanise uSathana aze awuthintele ukuba angene kwi-cathedral.
Ngomzuzu, kufuphi ne-altare kwi-kedarta, imitshato iyabanjwa. Ngoko, njengama-60% ebemi baseMdina ngaba ngamakholwa, ngoko umcimbi womtshato uthathwa njenginyanzeliso kwaye kuphela kule nkedolophu. Inyaniso eyamangalisa kukuba emva komtshato eSt. Paul's Cathedral Mdina wayedlwenguliwe.
Indlela yokufikelela kwikedareli?
Unokufikelela kalula kwiSt. Paul's Cathedral eMdina. Le tempile ibonakala kuyo yonke indawo kwisixeko. Itholakala kwinqanaba eliphakathi kweSt. Paul phakathi. Kulo mmandla, zonke iintlobo zezithuthi zikawonkewonke , kuquka amabhasi (ngaphandle kwemidlana) iya. Iindleko zokuhamba i-euro eyi-1,5.
Ukungena kwethempelini kunenkululeko kubo bonke abavakatye. Usebenza imihla ngemihla ukususela ngo-8.30 ukuya ku-17.00. Nge-6 ntambama, iinkonzo okanye ubuninzi banjelwe, eziza kuhanjelwa ngabafundisi beendawo.
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