I-Basilica yaseSt.Peter kunye neminqweno yayo

I-St. Peter's Basilica yeyona cawa inkulu kwihlabathi elithunywe Upopu Julius II. Siyazazi ezinye izinto malunga ne-basilica egcina uPopu kwaye liziko lobuKatolika. Amagcisa amakhulu asithatha namhlanje kuhambo lobugcisa, ukholo kunye nokomoya.

I-Basilica yase-St. Peter yakhiwa kwindawo enye apho kwakhiwa icawe endala eyayakhiwe ngu-Constantine ngo-319. UGian Lorenzo Bernini, yonke indawo yesikwere INgcwele kaPeter kunye neentsika zayo ezinde, ezinokuba ziimitha ezingama-320 ubude, kufanele ukuba yayifuzisela ukwangiwa kwecawe kubo bonke abantu.

Kufuphi nebhelisk kukho enye ithayile ebonisa iziko levaranda. Ukusuka kuloo ndawo, ngenxa yempembelelo ebonakalayo ngenxa yokwanda ngokuthe ngcembe kububanzi beekholamu, ziyavela ukunyamalala ibonisa kuphela umqolo weentsika. I-obelisk ngaphambi kokuba ibekwe embindini wesikwere yayikwisekisi ye Akukho mntu, indawo ekufutshane. Emva koko yayinqwenelwa ngamandla eRoma ngumlawuli UCaligula owathi ngenxa yokoyika ukuqhekeka, wayithwala isuka eYiputa ngenqanawa egcwele iilensi.

Kwidome yeSt.Peter's Basilica kukho inkangeleko, ukhe wazibuza ukuba yintoni?

Yindawo engenanto ngaphakathi eyenziwe ngobhedu kwaye yambathiswe ngegolide apho abantu abamalunga namashumi amabini banokungena khona. Kude kungabikho kangako
kwakude kudala yayikwangoko ndwendwela. Ezi zimbini izindlu ezincinci leyo inokubonwa kumacala amakhulu inento yokwenza nobuhle kuphela, ngaphakathi ayihambelani nayo nayiphi na indlu yenkonzo.

Ngaphakathi kwicawa kukho enye kuphela ukupeyinta, leyo ye UGregory Madonna. Yonke enye into yenziwe ngokupheleleyo ngayo mosaic Icocekile kakhulu kuba induli yaseVatican ifumile kakhulu kwaye ukupeyinta kuya konakala. Enye yezona zinto zinomtsalane ezibekwe ngaphakathi kwindlu yecawa ngokungathandabuzekiyo I-baldacchino, Iimitha ezingama-29 ukuphakama, zakhiwe ngu Bernini kwaye ibekwe engcwabeni likaSt.