Isixeko saseVatican singaphezulu nje kuphela apho uPapa ehlala khona. Ingingqi-dolophu eyi-110 engama-dolophu kwisixeko saseRoma. Ngomntu osisigxina ngaphantsi kwe-1 000, isiXeko saseVatican sisona sixeko esincinane kunazo zonke kwisixeko. Liye liyi-papal enclave yeCawa yamaRoma Katolika ukususela ngekhulu le-14 leminyaka. Abavakhenkethi baya eRoma, i-Vatican City iyindawo ekuya kuyo, kuquka:
St Peter's Square
Esinye sezikwere zikarhulumente ezidumileyo kwihlabathi, i- Piazza San Pietro yinto yokwakha yobugcisa kwaye ikhululekile ukutyelela. I-obelisk yaseYiputa eyakhiwe ngo-1586 iphakathi kwesikwere. Isikwere esenziwe nguGiovanni Lorenzo Bernini sakhiwe ngqo phambi kweSt. Peter's Basilica. Indawo ihlala isindisa umoya wokubonga, ngokubonga izihlwele zabantu abathembekileyo, abathengi baseSwitzerland, abanamithombo amabini anamnandi kunye neengxowa zengqondo zikaPapa zikaFrancis (zintlonelo kunye ne-tacky) ezithengiswa ngabathengisi. Khangela indawo ezinomthunzi ukuhlala kwiikholonnade eziphambili eziluhlaza, ezine iikholomu ezinzulu, ezantsi kwinqanaba.
Inqaku eliphambili: Xa si tyelele isixeko saseVatican, oonyana bam abancinci babesanda kufunda i-Dan Brown yezona zinto zithengisa kakhulu, iiNgelosi kunye needemon , ezibandakanya izigcawu ezibekwe kwiindawo eziphezulu zokubona indawo yaseRoma, kuquka iSt. Peter's Square, i-Pantheon ne-Piazza Navona. Le ncwadi enkulu ukubandakanya inzala yabaselula.
St. Peter's Basilica
I-St. Peter's Basilica yindawo ephezulu kunazo zonke zamaKatolika: ibandla elakhiweyo engcwabeni likaSt. Peter, uPapa wokuqala. Kukhokelela ekuphumeni kweNtaliyane kunye neyona yezona nkampani ezinkulu kwihlabathi. Phezu kwe-Basilica kuneziqhotyoshelo ezi-13, ezibonisa uKristu, uYohane umBhaptizi kunye nabapostile aba-11.
Icawa igcwele imisebenzi yamangalisa efana nePietà nguMichelangelo .
Ukungena kukhululekile kodwa imigca ingaba yinde. Cinga ukufika kusasa ekuseni kwaye ubhalele uhambo olukhokelwayo olugqithisa umgca woluntu. Unokutyelela idome yaseMichelangelo eyenzelwe umrhumo, okubandakanya ukunyuka kwamanyathelo angama-551 okanye ukuthatha i-elevator kunye nokunyuka kwamanyathelo angama-320. Ukunyuka kuvuzwa ngombono obalaseleyo weePaul.
KwiiMyuziyam zaseVatican
IiMyuziyamu zaseVatican zizinto ezibonakalayo zaseRoma kodwa abazali abanezingane ezincinci kufuneka baqwalasele ngenyameko ukuba kulungele imida ende kunye nezihlwele ezihlala zihlala njalo. (Kwakhona, qwalasela uhambo olukhokelwayo ukugqithisa imigca eqhelekileyo uze ufumane ingqiqo kwiqoqo elingabalulekanga.) Iindwendwe ezininzi zihamba ngokukhawuleza ukuqokelela imifanekiso yobugcisa kunye nezinto ezidlulileyo kwiindlela eziya kwiSistine Chapel apho, kunye nemifanekiso yayo edumile yi-Michelangelo, libalaseleyo kwiindwendwe ezininzi. Gcina ukhumbule ukuba inani leendwendwe elithile livumelekile ngaphakathi kwiSistine Chapel ngexesha elinye, kwaye imigca ihamba ixesha elide njengoko imini iyaqhubeka.
Yazi Ngaphambi Kokuya kwiSixeko saseVatican
- Ababhenkethi abangabathanga kwisambatho esifanelekileyo abayi kuvunyelwa ukungena eSt. Peter's Basilica. Musa ukumbathisa iifutshane, iingubo ezimfutshane, izitenki, okanye iikhati ezingenamikhono.
- Ngomlilo oshushu, iindwendwe zingagcwalisa iibhotile zamanzi kwimithombo eSt. Peter's Square (njengoko kunokwenziwa kwimithombo yamanzi eRoma.)
- Ukwamkelwa kwii-Museum zaseVatican kukhululekile ngeCawa yokugqibela kwenyanga nganye.
- Izihlwele zivame ukuba zikhanyise phakathi kwelanga phakathi kwexesha lesidlo.
- Jonga amacebiso amaninzi ngokutyelela i-Vatican City ukusuka kwi-About.com yase-Italy.
- Ehleliwe nguSuzanne Rowan Kelleher