- Adireshin: Flinders Ln & Swanston St, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia;
- Yanar Gizo : stpaulscathedral.org.au;
- Waya: +61 3 9653 4333;
- Ziyartar: daga ranar zuwa ranar 9 ga watan janairu zuwa 16, Sat, - 09.00-16.00, Sun - 07.30-19.30
Cathedral St. Paul a Melbourne wani tsari ne mai ban sha'awa a cikin tsarin Gothic marar kyau. Ana da shi a gundumar tarihi: a gefe guda ita ce Square Square, kuma a daya - babban tashar jirgin kasa.
Tarihin ginin
An zabi wurin gina ginin, wanda ya fara a shekara ta 1880, ba kawai saboda an yanke shawarar gina inda aka gudanar da ayyukan farko bayan kafawar gari ba.
An kula da kirkiro Briton W. Butterfield, amma shi kansa bai bayyana a kan gine-gine ba. Ta hanyar rikice-rikice da rikice-rikice, an nada sabon jagoran, masanin D. Reed.
Dalili ne saboda rikice-rikicen da aka gina a shekara goma sha ɗaya bayan farawa. Kuma ba gaba ɗaya - hasumiya kuma an kammala shi ne kawai a 1926.
Daya daga cikin mafi girma
Yau babban coci, da godiya ga gininsa, shi ne na biyu mafi girma a cikin dukan gine-gine na Anglican a duniya.
A hanyar, daidai bayan kammala gine-gine, babban coci ya kasance mafi girma a Melbourne, amma nan da nan, har ma a tsakiyar karni na ƙarshe, yawancin kyawawan jirgin ruwa sun taso a cikin birni mai ban mamaki.
"Sandam" mai dumi
Domin an yi amfani da ita ba al'adun gargajiya na yankin Australiya ba, da kuma sandar musamman, wanda aka fitar musamman daga New South Wales. Abin da ya shafi launi na gine-ginen, yana tsaye a kan bayanan wasu gine-gine na lokaci.
Bugu da kari, inuwa ta musamman na sandstone zai ba da babban coci mai dadi mai dadi. Hasumiya, wanda aka kammala bayan kammala gine-gine, ana gina shi ne daga wani dutse, sabili da haka ya bambanta da launi.
Musamman jiki
A Cathedral St. Paul an kafa babban gawar, tare da fiye da 6,500 pipes. Yana daya daga cikin mafi girma a duniya, a cikin gabobin da aka yi a karni na 19. An kawo kayan aikin mota daga Birtaniya, kuma "mahaifinsa" shine sanannen mawallafi T. Lewis.
A ƙarshen karni na karshe, an gudanar da aikin gyaran gyare-gyare mai yawa - fiye da $ 700,000 aka kashe a sake gyarawa da sake gyara jikin.
Gothic ƙawa
Cikin katanga ta dubi mai kyau, kyakkyawa, da waje da ciki. Abin da ke ja hankalin ba kawai muminai ba, waɗanda suka zo da sabis kuma su juya zuwa ga Allah, har ma masu yawon bude ido.
Abin takaici, yawan tsawar da ake samu daga motocin hawa tare da ginin ginin, ciki har da jiragen ruwa, yana da mummunar tasiri akan tsarin. A shekara ta 1990, aikin sake sake ginawa ya zo a nan, lokacin da aka gyara shinge kuma an gyara kayan ado na ciki.
A yau shi ne gidan haikalin Melbourne Akbishop da shugaban Birnin Anglican Metropolitanate na Victoria.
Yadda za a samu can?
Babban coci yana kan titunan Flinders Ln & Swanston St. Ana buɗewa kullum daga karfe 8 zuwa 18:00. A kusa akwai hanyoyi na sufuri na jama'a.
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