ʻO St. Peter's Basilica a me kāna curiosities

ʻO St. Peter's Basilica kahi hale pule nui loa ma ka honua i kauoha ʻia e Pope Iulio II. ʻIke mākou i kekahi mau curiosities e pili ana i ka basilica e hale nei ka Pope a ʻo ia ke kikowaena o ka Kakolika. Lawe nā mea pena kiʻi nui iā mākou i kēia lā i kahi huakaʻi ma o ke kiʻi, ka manaʻoʻiʻo a me ka ʻuhane.

Ua kūkulu ʻia ʻo Basilica ʻo St. Peter i ka wahi like kahi i kūkulu ʻia ai ka basilica kahiko e Constantine i ka makahiki 319. Wahi a ka ʻike a ka mea nāna i hana. ʻO Gian Lorenzo Bernini, ka ʻāpana holoʻokoʻa o ka square Saint Peter me nā kolona lōʻihi, ma kahi o 320 mau mika ka lōʻihi, pono ia e hōʻailona i ka apo o ka hale pule i nā kānaka āpau.

Ma kahi o ka obelisk aia hoʻokahi tile e kuhikuhi ana i ke kikowaena o ke kolona. Mai kēlā manawa, mahalo i kahi hopena opua ma muli o ka piʻi mālie o ke anawaena o nā kolamu, ʻike ʻia e nalo e hōʻike wale ana i ka lalani kia. ʻO ka obelisk ma mua o ka hoʻokau ʻia ʻana ma waenakonu o ka square ma ka pahu o Nero, kahi kokoke. Ma hope ua makemake nui ʻia ia Rome na ka Emepera ʻO Caligula ka mea, no ka makaʻu i ka wāwahi ʻana, lawe ʻia mai ʻAigupita mai ma luna o ka moku i piha i ka līlī.

Ma ka dome o St. Peter's Basilica aia kahi sphere, ua noʻonoʻo paha ʻoe he aha ia?

He ʻāpana poepoe ia o loko i hana ʻia i ke keleawe a uhi ʻia i ke gula a ma kahi o iwakālua mau kānaka e komo ai. A hiki i ka nui ʻole
ʻo ka lōʻihi loa nō ia hiki ke kipa ʻia. ʻO lāua ʻelua kopa liʻiliʻi hiki ke ʻike ʻia ma nā ʻaoʻao o ka mea nui kahi hana nani wale, ma loko ʻaʻole pili lākou i kekahi hale pule.

I loko o ka basilica hoʻokahi wale nō pena, kēlā o ʻO Gregorian Madonna. Hana ʻia nā mea āpau āpau me mosaic hoʻomaʻemaʻe loa ia no ka mea he maʻū nui ka puʻu Vatican a e hōʻino ʻia ke kiʻi ʻana. ʻO kekahi o nā mea hoʻonaninani i kau ʻia i loko o ka basilica ʻo ia nō ʻōhule, 29 mika ke kiʻekiʻe, kūkulu ʻia e Bernini a kau ʻia ma ka hale kupapaʻu o St. Petero.