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Chero ani zvake akashanyira guta guru reChile, Santiago, haagoni kupfuura nePaza de Armas. Nzira inowanzoitika yevashanyi haigumi nechisimbiso ichi, asi inongotanga. Mushure mokunge zvose, zvikamu zviviri kubva kumakona ndeye Basilica yeMhandara Mercedes. Chechi yakavakwa muzana remakore rechi15, asi ichiri nzvimbo yekunamatira. Kutarisa kwevashanyi kuvaka kunovakwedza zvivakwa zvakajeka, izvo zvinokosheswa nevanyori vanoongorora. Chechi yakakwiridzirwa kusvika kune imwe yenyika yezvigadzirwa zvekare zveChile.
Nhoroondo yezvisikwa
Ikoko kwaiva neCawasi muguta racho mushure mekusvika kwevatongi veMutungamiri weMhandara yeMercedes, uyo gavhuna akapiwa rubatsiro rwega. Mukuonga kwemakore manomwe akashandiswa muSantiago, vatongi vakavaka kereke, yekuvaka kwakaguma muna 1566. Sezvo guta, rakafanana nenyika, riri munharaunda yechisimba chekuita seismic, kudengenyeka kwenyika hakukwanisi kupfuura neBasilica. Kupfuura makore zana kereke yakamira muhupenyu hwayo hwepakutanga, asi muna 1683 yakange yakakuvara zvakanyanya nekuda kwekudengenyeka kwenyika. Iyi kereke yakavakwazve, uye kunamata kwakatanga kusungirwa ikoko zvakare. Kamwe zvakare, basa rokuvaka uye yekudzorera raidiwa muna 1736, apo kereke yakakundwazve nekudengenyeka kwenyika.
Basilica yeMhandara Mercedes nhasi
Vatashanyi vanokokwa kuti vashanyire nzvimbo yose yekuvakwa: inosanganisira chechi pachayo, pedo nemamatare, zvivako zvemari. Vafambi vanofarira chivakwa cheSantiago, zvakakosha kutarisa ichi chisikwa chakasiyana chevanhu. Asi Asilica inofarira kubva mune zvechitendero chemaonero, saka inopindwa nemasinarian, vadzidzisi vezvebhaibheri uye vane nzara chete yekudzidza nezveKaturike. Nzvimbo yakanaka yekunze ichabatsira kubvunzisisa mabasa ekudzorera. Kunyanya inokurudzirwa kutarisisa zvakanyanya chivako kana zuva ravira.
Anoshushikana kuti ashanyire Basilica uye nhanho-ne-nhanho kugona. Kufamba-famba kuSantiago, zvakakosha kuisa nzira iyo. Ipapo mumwe anogona kuona chimwe chezvivakwa zvakanakisisa zvakavakwa muNeo-Renaissance style. Chimwe chikonzero chekushanyira chechi ndeye museum iri munharaunda yedambudziko. Inounganidza zvinhu zvetsika uye unyanzvi, uyewo nhamba dzinobva kuIsita Island.
Nzira yekuenda kuBasilica sei?
Kuenda kuBasilica hakusi nyore, nokuti unogona kushandisa kutakura kwevanhu. Ichechi iri mitsara miviri kubva ku central central Santiago. Pfuurira mberi hazvibviri, nokuti chivako chiri muTracotta ruvara chinopesana nechemberi kwedzimba dzemazuva ano. Iyi inzvimbo yakanakisisa iyo iwe unogona kuporesa kubva mumugumo weguta.