Isonto laseSt. George


Enhloko-dolobha yasePenang, eGeorgetown , indala kunazo zonke ethempelini lase-Anglican laseSilaysia - iSonto laseSt. George - lifanelwe ukunakekelwa. Lingaphansi komthetho we-Upper Northern Archdiocese we-diocese yase-Anglican yaseWestern Malaysia. Kusukela ngo-2007, isonto lihlehlwini lwezinto ezibaluleke kakhulu ezingu-50 zezwe.

Umlando wokwakhiwa

Ngaphambi kokwakhiwa kwebandla, izinkonzo zenkolo zazigcinwe esontweni sase Fort Fortwallis, futhi kamuva - enkantolo (itholakala phambi kwethempeli). Ngo-1810, kwenziwa iziphakamiso zokwakha isonto elihlala njalo, kodwa isinqumo asizange senziwe kuze kufike ngo-1815.

Ekucaleni kwakucatshangwa ukuthi isonto lizokwakhiwa ekwakhiweni kukaMajor Thomas Anbury, kodwa kamuva kunqunywe ukuthatha isisekelo somsebenzi wombusi we-Prince of Wales (ngaleso sikhathi iPenang Island ), uWilliam Petry. Izinguquko kule phrojekthi zenziwe ngumenzi wezempi uLieutenant Robert Smith, owayephethe umsebenzi wokwakha. Isonto lakhiwa ngamacala. Ukwakhiwa kwaqedwa ngo-1818, futhi ngoMeyi 11, 1819, kwahlukaniswa.

Izici zobuciko

Isonto lakhiwe ngezitini esisekelo sesisekelo. Ekubukeni kwayo, izitayela ze-neoclassical, izitayela zesiGeorgia ne-English Palladian zingalandelwa. Kukholelwa ukuthi uRobert Smith wahlatshwa umxhwele yiSt. George's Cathedral eMadras, eyakhiwe nguJames Lilliman Caldwell, obengumlingani wakhe kanye nomfundi kwakunguSmith, ngakho-ke ekuziphatheni kwesonto kubonakala ngokufanako nethempeli laseMadras.

Umbala omhlophe wezindonga uqhathanisa ngokuphelele ne-green of the utshani nemithi. Isici esivelele sethempeli yizinsika ezinkulu zeDoric eseceleni sayo. Namuhla iSonto LaseSt. George liphethe uphahla lokuhamba, kepha kwakungakaze kube ngo-1864; Uphahla olungaphambili lwalukhona, kodwa leli fomu alungelanga isimo sezulu esishisayo.

Uphahleni luhlotshiswe nge-spate octagonal. Eduze ukungena ethempelini kumelele isikhumbuzo esikhumulweni seVictoria ngesikhathi kuhlonishwa uKaputeni Francis Light, umsunguli wekoloni laseNgilandi esiqhingini naseGeorgetown . Leli bhilidi lakhiwa iminyaka engu-100 yokusungulwa kololoni, ngo-1896.

Ungafika kanjani ethempelini?

I-Church of St. George isenyakatho-mpumalanga yedolobha, kuJalan Lebuh Farquhar. Ungaya kuwo ngamabhasi womuzi №№103, 204, 502 noma ngebhasi yamahhala (kufanele ushiye esitokisini "Museum of Penang"). Kusuka e- Fort Cornwallis kuya esontweni kungafinyelelwa ngezinyawo ngemizuzu engaba ngu-10.

Isonto livuliwe ngezinsuku zamasonto kanye ngoMgqibelo kusukela ngo-8: 30 kuya ku-12: 30, kusukela ngo-13: 30 kuya ku-16: 30 ngeSonto-usuku lonke. Lezi zinkonzo zenziwa ngoMgqibelo ekuseni, ngo-8: 30 nangehora leshumi. Ukuvakashela ithempeli akukho mahhala.