Amacebo aseMelika amaKatolika ayithandayo kakhulu yiyona basilica emangalisayo
Ukuba ucinga ukuba iU.SA yayingekho ekhaya kwiCawa yamaRoma Katolika eyayingabhikisana nobukhulu be-basilicas eyaziwayo eYurophu, awuzange ubone i-Basilica yeSizwe iShrine of Immaculate Conception (eyaziwa nangokuthi "iSonto lamaKatolika lamaMelika" ). Ibandla elide lama-72-eliphakathi kwentliziyo yaseWashington, DC kunye neKatolika yaseYunivesithi yaseMelika-liyinkokeli enkulu yamaKatolika eNyakatho Melika, kunye neenkulungwane ezili-10 ezinkulu kwihlabathi.
Ukubunjwa kwi-Byzantine Ukuvuselela i-Romanesque design, icawa ihlala kwii-chapel ezingama-70 kunye nama-oratories agqithisa ibali lamaRoma Katolika, abantu balo kunye neMelika kunye. I-Basilica ibuye iqokelele iqoqo elikhulu lezobugcisa bexesha lobudala (oko kuthetha imisebenzi enxulumene necawa) ehlabathini, kwaye yenzelwe kuqala kwiNgqungquthela yamaBhishophu amaKatolika njengeNgcaciso yeNational for Prayer and Pilgrimage yama-American Roman Catholics. ekuqaleni kwee-1920. Ngo-Agasti 2006, i-basilica yakha idome yendawo yomhlaba ukuze ithathe indawo yayo yangaphambili yedome - eyona yokuqala yeenguqu ezininzi zanamhlanje kwizicwangciso zayo zokuqala zokwakha.
Eyakhelwe ngaphezu kweminyaka engama-30, ngenxa yokubambezeleka okubangelwa ukuCaluleka OkuKhulu, le miqobo ye-basilica yinto enkulu, kwaye ikwazi ukulawula ngokulula loo maqela amaninzi eentlanga. Ngokwewebhusayithi yeSizwe yeShrine, i-basilica ingama-25 ekhulwini ngaphezu kweSt.
I-Cathedral kaPatrick e-New York City kunye nedonga layo liphindwe kabini ubukhulu bendawo ephakathi kweSt. Mark's Basilica eVenice , eItali. I-Shrine, kungekhona i-US Capitol, isakhiwo esona side kunazo zonke eWashington, DC , kwaye sinomtsalane malunga nezigidi eziindwendwe ngonyaka.
Upapa uBenedict XVI, uMama Teresa waseCalcutta, kwaye kutshanje uPapa Francis ngomhla wama-23 kuSeptemba 2015 uye wathandaza, wawasikelela, waza wawagubungela iingcango zale silica.
UPapa Francis, ngokukhethekileyo, uye wabasikelela umbingeleli wase-basilica, uJunipeno Serra, njengowokuqala waseMerika. Icawa yayiyi-site ye-US Supreme Court yobulungisa be-Antonin Scalia.
Vula iintsuku ezingama-365 ngonyaka, icawa engcwele inika abantu abathandathu, iiyure ezintlanu zokuvuma, kunye nokuzinikezelwa kweeveki kubantu bezo zonke iinkolo kumazwe ngamazwe. Ngokungafani nezinye iicawa-ezinqwenela ukuxubusha ngokomoya nangeteknoloji-le silica ivumela iindwendwe ezingenako ukuza emthandazweni, ukukhanyisa ikhandlela okanye ukucela ukuBhalisa ngokomoya ngokuya kwi-Intanethi.
Ngokuqinisekileyo ukuthabatha imbali, iingubo kunye nabathandi bezenkolo, i-basilica ibuye ibe neyona nto ingcebo yamaKatolika kwinqanaba layo lokulila: I-Papal Tiara kaPapa uPaul VI. Kodwa into ecocekileyo ngeNational Shrine ayinayo i-Papal Tiara okanye isigaba sayo njengesinye iicawa ezilishumi ezinkulu kwihlabathi, yinto yokuba iVatican yavuma ubungqina bayo ngokufaka igama layo ngomakishi phantsi weSt. Peter's Basilica.
Ngoko thabatha uhambo oluya eMichigan Ave NE, uhambele ubukhulu beli kisilika, uze uhambe kuyo ngaphandle kwemali yokungena okanye uthathe enye yeetyelele ezintandathu zeethamfa zemihla ngemihla ukususela nge-9 ukuya ku-3 ntambama.
Iifayile ezihambelanayo:
- Iindawo eziphezulu kwiMpuma
- Iindawo ezizithandayo eWashington, DC