I-Vilnius Cathedral yayisakuba yinxalenye yeGediminas Castle kwaye iqhubeka isebenza njengesikhumbuzo sokuthi i-complex complexity looked in times of the Lithuanian rulers and where structures of defense are located in Old Town Vilnius. I-façade yayo ye-Neoclassical, eyakhiwe ngumyili wezakhiwo uLaurynas Gucevičius, idla iikholam kunye nemifanekiso yezoVangeli. Kwiphahla simele iziqwatho ezintathu: enye yeSt.
UCasimir, omnye waseStan Stanislas, kunye nomnye waseSt Helena ophethe isiphambano segolide. Uphawu oluhle kakhulu lweVilnius luhamba kunye nenqaba yentsimbi ekhululekile eyayisakuba yinxalenye yinqaba yenkqantosi kunye namanqaku apho umlambo iVilia wawuqala khona. Ingenye yezinto ezibonakalayo zeVilnius!
I-Vilnius Cathedral ikhululekile ukungena. Ukuba umnyango omkhulu ojongene neProjekthi yeGediminas ivaliwe, sebenzisa ukungena kwezantsi. Ngelishwa, ingaphakathi le-kedareli liyaqhubeka lithwala ubunzima be-Soviet rule kwaye ihlala ingadli. Kwamaxesha eSoviet, yayisetyenziswe njengegalari yezithombe, iifelesi zayo zivaliwe ukugcinwa. Uninzi lwemihlobiso yalo yangaphakathi lwachithwa kwaye aluzange lubuyiselwe. Nangona kunjalo, iindwendwe ziyakonwabela ubukhulu obuphezulu, obuphezulu be-cathedral ukuba baqwalasele izinto ezimbalwa ezibalulekileyo ezenza umdla.
Inqabileyo enhle kakhulu yeVilnius Cathedral yinto ezinikele eSt.
UCasimir, ungcono wengcwele yaseLithuania. Le ngqungquthela yaseBaroque iqukethe iifrescoes ezibonisa ubomi buka-saint kunye nezinye iintambo ezinxulumene ne-saint. Wazalelwa ebukhosini, uCasimir wayezinikezele ukuba aphile ubomi obunyulu nobubele. I-Casimir yayinokwenziwa kwi-Cathedral yaseVilnius kunye ne-chapel, ukuphuma kunye nokuqhubekeka, yayihlala kwindawo yokuphumla isisele sayo.
I-Sapiega Madonna, echasayo imvelaphi yegolide kwaye ibonisa uMoya oyiNgcwele ojongene noMoya ophethe uKristu phantsi kobhiyozo lwezithunywa zezulu, ibaluleke kakhulu imifanekiso yenkolo yaseLithuania kwaye inikwe imimangaliso eninzi. Kwakuye kwaxelwa kwiCawa yaseSt. Michael, apho i-Museum yeCafa yeMveli ihlala khona, eyasungulwa ngamalungu eSaphosga enamandla. I-Sapiega Madonna igweme umonakalo kunye nokutshabalalisa ngexesha lolawulo lwaseSoviet kwaye ngoku liboniswa kwindlu yalo yendlu eVilnius Cathedral.
Kuthiwa itekrasi yenziwe kwindawo yangaphambili yetempile yobuhedeni. Nangona indlu yokuqala yobuKristu yonqulo yabonakala kwiklasi ye-13 phantsi kweNkosi u-King Mindaugas, isiza esingazange sinikezelwe ngokuqhubekayo ekukholweni lobuKristu ngenxa yelifa elibukhali lobuhedeni lobuLithuania. I-Cathedral yaseVilnius ibonakala ihluke kakhulu kwiindwendwe zangaphambili, nangona ingundoqo yayo yamaGothi kunye nokulungiswa okulandelelanayo kunye neezongezo kuye kwachongwa. I-cathedral iye yavutha umlilo, izikhukula, kunye nomonakalo kwabahlaseli kwimbali elide leminyaka.
Ukutyelela kwii-catacombs, kufumaneka ngesikhokelo, kubonisa iimfihlelo zesakhiwo se-cathedral. Indawo yokungcwaba yabantu abalulekileyo, kuquka noBarbora Razvilaite, omnye wabasetyhini abathandekayo beLithuania, i-cathedral igxininxantye.
Xa iVilnius ikhukula ekuqaleni kwekhulu lama-20, i-cathedral yafumana umonakalo omkhulu kangangokuba kwakufuneka ukuba iingcali zingene kwiinkangala kwaye ziqinise isiseko. Xa abacwangcisi kunye nabadala bezinto zakudala bangena kule ndawo yokuphumla, baxoxisa oko babenako kwaye badala iindlela eziye zisetyenziselwa ukutyelela. I-fresco yamandulo, igcinwe kakuhle kwigumbi elimnyama kwaye ibonakala kuphela ngcamango, ingcwaba lenkosi, kunye neendawo zenkcubeko zenkcubeko zingabonwa.
I-Cathedral yaseVilnius ivuliwe ukususela ngo-7 ukuya ku-7 ntambama imihla ngemihla ngobuninzi obubanjwe rhoqo kwiiCawa. Ubumnyama bubanjwe ngo-5: 30 ntambama ngeentsuku zeveki. Iingqungquthela zibuye zinikezwe kwintlanganiso. Ulwazi olungakumbi lunokufumaneka kwiwebhsayithi ye-cathedral, www.katedra.lt