- Ikheli: Catherine of Italy, ukunqoba, Valletta
I-Church of St. Catherine yase-Aleksandria eValletta yisakhiwo esincane esinomlando omkhulu. Igama layo lingesonto laseSt. Catherine lase-Italy. Yakhiwa ngo-1576 ngenxa yezintaba zase-Italy (unit) ye-Order of the Ioannites - indawo yakhethwa ngesisekelo sokuvalwa kwemikhumbi yama-Italian knights. Le nkonzo yayiqhutshwa ngabapristi base-Italy.
Umlando omncane
Ekuqaleni, isonto laliyingcosana, kodwa ngokukhula komyalelo, isibalo samaqoqo ase-Italy sanda, ngaphezu kwalokho, kusukela esenzakalweni ngo-1693 isakhiwo sezakhiwo sasonakaliswa kabi, ngakho-ke, isonto laqedwa ngesikhathi esifanayo sokulungiswa kabusha: izakhiwo zangempela zenziwe impahla yokugqoka, futhi ingxenye eyengeziwe yafakwa kuyo. Imisebenzi ngaphansi kokuqondiswa komdwebi uRomano Carapessia yaqedwa ngo-1713.
Namuhla iSonto laseSt. Catherine lase-Italy liyisikhungo somphakathi wase-Italy eMalta . Isonto laphindiswa izikhathi eziningana: ngo-1965-1966 futhi ngo-2000-2001, noma kunjalo, le misebenzi yayisetshenziselwa ukwakha isakhiwo ngokwawo, futhi ngesikhathi esifanayo, phakathi neminyaka yokuba khona kwesonto lesonto nezinye izakhi zangaphakathi zonakaliswe kakhulu. I-interior yavuselelwa phakathi kuka-2009 no-2011 ngaphansi kwesigungu sikaGiuseppe Mantella futhi ngaphansi kwe-Valletta Bank. Ngesikhathi sokubuyiselwa, kutholakala amawindi amabili, okwathi, ngenxa yokubuyiselwa kwangaphambilini, aphikisiwe ngesinye isizathu.
Ukubukeka nokungaphakathi
Ukwakhiwa kwesonto kunesimo esiyi-rectangular ne-octagonal extension, lapho i-altare elikhulu. Isicabha kanye nomnyango oyinhloko isitayela seBaroque; Ukuphakama kwesigcawu kufakwe emakholomu nasendaweni eningi yezinga eliphezulu lokuma okunzima.
Imibala eyinhloko yangaphakathi ingamhlophe, iluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka negolide. Izindonga zihlotshiswe nge-gold plaster moldings, izakhi eziningi zokuhlobisa (ama-balcony, cornices, amakholomu), ukudweba kwendonga kusetshenziselwa umhlobiso. Isonto libukeka likhanya kakhulu futhi lihlakaniphile.
Idome lesonto lidwetshwe ngumculi uMattia Preti; Umdwebo wakhe uphinde ube ngowomdwebo othi "The Martyrdom of St. Catherine wase-Alexandria". Lo mculi wase-Italy wasebenzisa ingxenye yokugcina yokuphila kwakhe eMalta (kukholelwa ukuthi wayengumkhonto we-Order of Malta), futhi isithombe sanikezwa nguye ngalesi sonto sase-Italy. I-Preti nayo yahlobisa i-altare.
Le dome iqukethe imikhakha eyisishiyagalombili, ngayinye equkethe i-medallion ebonisa esinye sezigcawu ezivela empilweni yongcwele.
Ungafika kanjani esontweni?
Ungafika lapho ngokuhamba - eceleni komgwaqo weRiphabhulikhi bese ujika ngqo ngemva kokudlula amathafa eRoyal Opera House. Endaweni efanayo yeValletta, lapho iSonto LaseSanta Catherine lase-Italy likhona khona, ephikisana nalo yiChurch of Our Lady of the Victory, idolobha lokuqala lokuqala, futhi eduze kakhulu - iSastillo Palace, lapho iPhalamende laseMalta lihlala khona namhlanje.
Sincoma ukuthi zonke izivakashi zivakashele amathempeli anguMalta - enye yezakhiwo ezingavamile kakhulu emhlabeni.
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