- Inotaura : 136-148 Yarra St, Geelong VIC 3220, Australia
- Website: stmarysgeelong.com.au
- Zuva rokuvaka: 1854-1937.
- Kushanda maawa: 7.00 - 17.00 (pakupera kwevhiki 7.00 - 17.30)
Geelong - inogona kuonekwa, iguta remahofisi, asi mukati meAustralia inoratidzika seyoyo chaiyo metropolis. Pano pane vanhu vanopfuura 160 mamiriyoni evanhu, iyo inoratidzirwa zvikuru muAfrica. Geelong Gore negore inoshanyira nevatashanyi vanenge mamiriyoni 3, avo vanokwevedzwa munzvimbo ino kwete chete nekunaka kwepanyika uye gungwa rakakomba, asiwo nevakawanda. Pakati pehamba yavo inomirira nhamba huru yemamyuziyamu pane zvakasiyana-siyana zvemashoko, izvo zvisingawanzoitiki kune imwe nzvimbo muguta reAustralia. Zvimwe zvakanyatsotarisirwa zvinokodzera kuvakwa kweAva Victorian munharaunda yekare yeguta racho. Asi chitubu chaicho cheguta ndiro Basilica yeSt. Mary yeZvengi, iyo inonzi inzvimbo yakareba kupfuura yose muGegelong.
Chii chinonakidza pamusoro pechechi yeRoma?
Kuvakwa kwechivako chikuru chechivakwa chekuvakwa kwakatangira kune kure kure 1854, apo dombo rekona rakarongedzwa musimboti chechechi. Panguva iyoyo, Geelong yakagamuchira kupera kwegoridhe, uye mazana evanhu akakurumidza kuno kuti vawane. Izvi zvakatsamwisa kukura zvikuru uye kukura kweguta. Asi zvakadaro, kufamba uku hakuna kupfuura makore maviri, uye nekufamba kwekuvaka kwechechi yakaoma. Imba isina kupera yakazara nemakona ayo asina chinhu emafurati emawindo kwemakore anopfuura gumi nemashanu, kusvika muna 1871 kuvaka hakuna kubviswa zvakare. Kunyange zvazvo kuvakwa kwetemberi kusati kwambosvika panguva iyoyo idzodzo, asi muna 1937 kugadzirisa kwekupedzisira kwakapedziswa - kuiswa kwepasera yeChechi yeSt. Mary yeZvengi. Muna 1995 chivako chaitarisira kubviswa kwenguva refu. 2004 yaiva chiratidzo chechechi, nokuti panguva iyoyo Vatican yakapa iyo iyo zita reBasilica reSt. Mary weZvengi.
Nhasi, kusvika kuJarra Street, tinogona kukudza chivako chikuru, icho chivakwa chavo chinonyatsoratidza zvinoitwa neo-Gothic. Nyaya huru yekuvaka iyi yaiva sandstone. Muna 2005, temberi yakatora zvigadzirwa zvepakutanga zvakadai semakona akapfuura, iyo inotora korona. Inokandwa kubva pakuroni uye inowanikwa pakarepo pasi pevharo-girazi rakavhenekera firimu nenzira ye rose. Uyu muchinjikwa wakakurumbira wakakandwa kubva mumhangura, uye nzvimbo yacho haisi yepamita mita imwe chete muhukuru. Iyo yakatsaurirwa kumurangariro waSheila Maguire, uyo aigara ari parishoni, asi pane imwe nguva akaita mabasa mazhinji akanaka kune varombo.
Zvisinei, iyo Basilica yeSt. Mary yeZvengi inonzi inonyanya kukokwe kweguta kwete nekuda kwezvifananidzo. Kubva muna 1937, chinonyanya kukosha ndechokutsva kereke. Mukukwirira, inosvika mamiriyoni makumi mana uye ndiyo yakakwirira kupfuura yese muAustralia. Hungu, uye chechi yakakwana haisi pasi kune ani zvake ari panzvimbo yekutanga munyaya iyi, inomhanya kusvika mamita 64 kubva pasi.
The Basilica yeSt. Mary of the Angels ndiyo nzvimbo inokudzwa yeNational Estate muVictoria. Pane mhemberero dzakasiyana-siyana, mashumiro evanhu vakawanda uye makonti ekuimba kuimba, kumasamende ega ega ekubhabhatidzwa uye kuroorwa. Mukuwedzera, pano nguva nenguva vanogadzirira kuunganidzwa kwezvipo, zvinhu zvekare uye zvokudya, izvo zvavanozopa kune vanoshayiwa. Uyewo muChechi yeSt. Mary yeAngiro inoshandisa chikoro chechipiri chechikoro. Vatashanyi vanobvumirwa pano pasina matambudziko, mamiriro makuru ndiwo maitiro akanaka. Mukuwedzera, hauzobvumirwi kutenderera zvakasununguka uye kuongorora kereke panguva ipi zvayo yemachechi kana mharidzo. Asi kana vamwe vatashanyi vane mukana wekushanyira kereke musikati weKrisimusi, zvino kubva pamufaro uye kuchema kweKrisimusi mapikicha pfungwa yose yeSt. Mary yeAngels basilica ichawedzera.
Nzira yekuenda seiko?
Nzvimbo yakaswedera pedyo neSt Mary of the Angels is Little Myers St, iyo inogona kusvika pamabhazi No.1, 24, 31, 41, 42, 50, 51, 55.
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