Amathuba eSt Paul's Cathedral's Crypt

Kuninzi ukuyihlola kwi-cathedral yaseSt Paul, icawa yaseBaroque emangalisayo eyenzelwe nguChristopher Christopher Wren ngo-1673. Ngaphandle kwezinto ezixakekayo kunye nokubethelwa kwimizulwana yayo emithathu, i-crypt yindawo yokuya emathuneni kwezinye iinqhawe ezinkulu zesizwe kuquka I-Admiral Nkosi Nelson kunye noMdlu waseWellington.

Amathuba eSt Paul's Cathedral's Crypt

I-crypt yaseSt Paul's Cathedral yona inkulu kakhulu eYurophu.

Usenokuzibuza apho isikhumbuzo sikaSir Christopher Wren. Umqambi omkhulu uncwatyelwe kwinqanaba lasezantsi ngasempuma ye crypt. Ingcwaba elingaqhelekanga lijikelezwe ngamabhunga entsapho yakhe kwaye i-epitaph ithi "Funda, ukuba ufuna isikhumbuzo sakhe, jonga ngeenxa zonke." U-Wren wangcwatyelwa kwingingqi edlala imbeko kumangcwaba kunye nezikhumbuzo zomdwebi, uMongameli uJoshua Reynolds, umzekisi, uHenry Moore kunye nososayensi, uAlexander Fleming, owathola ipenicillin.

Kukho izikhumbuzo kwi-cathedral phantsi kunye phantsi kwi crypt. Isikhumbuzo esikhulu kunazo zonke kwi-cathedral iphantsi kweDuke yaseWellington (ngokwenene ithatha ixesha elide ukwakha ngaphezu kwekrisiti yonke), kodwa uya kufumana iNkosi uNelson ejongene noCharles Marquis Cornwallis.

Nangona iibongozi zingcwatyelwa eWestminster Abbey , iSt. Paul's Cathedral 's Artists Corner idumisa abaphandi kuquka iVerger, uMillais kunye neNkosi Lord Leighton.

Amanye amagama abalulekileyo oyakufumana kwi crypt afaka uArthur Sullivan waseGilbert noSullivan (kufuphi ne-OBE Chapel), uSir Henry Wellcome , uFlorence Nightingale, uWilliam Blake, uLawrence waseArabia kunye noGeorge Washington , kunye namangcwaba amakhulu kunye namagumbi akwa-Wellington kunye UNelson.

Ibomvu likaNelson lihlala kwindawo efanelekileyo kakhulu kuba wayeyindoda yokuqala ebalulekileyo ekungcwatyweni kwiSt Paul, ngoko ulungele phantsi kwendawo. I-casket yakhe nangona yayenziwe ekuqaleni kwiCardinal Wolseley kodwa yafakwa kwindawo yokugcina iminyaka engamakhulu ambalwa xa uWolseley engazange amthande noHenry VIII xa engenakulungisa ukuchithwa kwamapapa ukuphelisa umtshato wakhe kuCatherine waseAragon.

Iskrini seChurchill / amasango ahlula i-refectory kunye ne-crypt ukuze ibonakale ngokukhululekile xa u tyelela i-cafe, ivenkile okanye iindawo zokuhlambela.

Kulabo abakhetha ukungaqhubi ukuya kwii- galleries , u-Oculus ungumboniso wefilimu oyi-270-degree apho uvakalelwa khona ukuba uhamba ngotyelelo kwi-cathedral.