- Ikheli: Flinders Ln & Swanston St, eMelbourne VIC 3000, e-Australia;
- Iwebhusayithi : stpaulscathedral.org.au;
- Ifoni: +61 3 9653 4333;
- Ukuvakashelwa: kusuka ngoMsombuluko kuya kuNhlangulana 09.00-16.00, Sat - 09.00-16.00, Ilanga - 07: 30-19.30
I-St. Paul's Cathedral eMelbourne iyisakhiwo esihle kakhulu sehlelo lobuciko ngesitayela seGothic esingavamile. Itholakala esifundeni semlando: ngakolunye uhlangothi yi-Federation Square, futhi ngakolunye uhlangothi - isiteshi sesitimela esikhulu.
Umlando wokwakhiwa
Indawo yokwakhiwa kwe-cathedral, eyaqala ngo-1880, ikhethiwe hhayi nje ngoba isakhiwo sinqunywe lapho izinkonzo zokuqala zenziwa khona ngemuva kwesisekelo somuzi.
Ukwakhiwa okwakhiwe iBrithon W. Butterfield, kodwa yena ngokwakhe akazange avele esakhiweni sokwakha. Ngokuchungechunge lwezingxabano nokuphikisana, umholi omusha wamiswa, umakhi uDe Reed.
Kungenxa yezingxabano ezakhiwa yilapho sekuqedwa iminyaka eyishumi nanye kuphela ekuqaleni. Futhi-ke hhayi ngokuphelele - umbhoshongo nomoya waphelelwa kuphela ngo-1926.
Omunye ophezulu kakhulu
Namuhla i-cathedral, ngenxa yesipiliyoni sayo, iyona ephakeme kunazo zonke phakathi kwazo zonke izakhiwo zamasonto ase-Anglican emhlabeni.
Ngandlela-thile, ngemva nje kokuqedwa kokwakhiwa kwethempeli kwakuseMelbourne, kodwa maduzane, phakathi naphakathi nekhulu leminyaka elidlule, kwakunqotshwa izakhi eziningi ezakhiwa emzini okhulayo.
"Sandstone" elishisayo
Ngoba ukwakhiwa kwakungasetshenziswa njengendabuko kule ndawo yase-Australia i-limestone, ne-sandstone ekhethekile, okuthengiswa ngokukhethekile eNew South Wales. Okuthinte umbala wesakhiwo, ukuma ngaphandle kokungemuva kwezinye izakhiwo zesikhathi.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, umthunzi okhethekile we-sandstone uzokunikeza i-cathedral imfudumalo ebonakalayo emnandi. Umbhoshongo, ophelile emva kokuqedwa kokwakhiwa kwezindonga ezinkulu, wakhiwe ngelinye itshe, ngakho-ke uhlukile embala.
Umzimba ohlukile
ESt. Paul's Cathedral isilwane esikhulu sifakiwe, sinamapayipi angaphezu kuka-6 500. Ngenye yezinkulu kakhulu emhlabeni, phakathi kwezitho ezenziwe ngekhulu le-19. Insimbi yomculo yabuyiselwa e-UK, futhi "ubaba" wakhe wayenguyena odumile wesigungu uT. Lewis.
Ekupheleni kwekhulu leminyaka elidlule, umsebenzi omkhulu wokubuyisa wawwenziwa - okungaphezu kwamaRandi 700,000 asetshenziselwa ukubuyisela nokulungisa umzimba.
Ubuhle be-Gothic
I-cathedral ibheka ngendlela ehle kakhulu, enhle kakhulu, kokubili ngaphakathi nangaphakathi. Okuhehayo hhayi kuphela amakholwa, afika ezinkonzweni futhi aphendukele kuNkulunkulu, kodwa futhi izivakashi.
Ngeshwa, ukunyakaza okuqhubekayo okuvela ezimotweni ezihamba eduze nokwakhiwa kwethempeli, kufaka phakathi izitimela, kwaba nethonya elibi esakhiweni. Ngo-1990, umsebenzi wokwakha kabusha wafika lapha, lapho okwakuqala khona ukuphefumula futhi umhlobiso wangaphakathi wawubuyiselwa.
Namuhla ithempeli elibusayo loMbhishobhi Omkhulu waseMelbourne kanye nenhloko yeMetropolitanate yase-Anglican yaseVictoria.
Ungafika kanjani?
I-cathedral isemigwaqweni kaFlinders Ln & Swanston St. Ivulekile nsuku zonke kusukela ngo-8: 00 kuya ku-18: 00. Eduze lapho kukhona imizila yezithuthi zomphakathi.
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