I-St. Peter's Basilica kanye nezintshisekelo zayo

ISt. Peter's Basilica yisonto elikhulu kunawo wonke emhlabeni elijutshwe UPapa Julius II. Siyazi ezinye izifiso mayelana nesonto elihlala uPapa futhi okuyisikhungo sobuKatolika. Abaculi abakhulu basithatha namhlanje ohambweni lobuciko, ukholo nokomoya.

ISt. Peter's Basilica yakhiwa endaweni efanayo lapho kwakukhona khona ithempeli elidala elakhiwa nguConstantine ngo-319. Ngokombono womdali walo UGian Lorenzo Bernini, yonke indawo yesikwele USt. Peter ngamakhothoni alo amade, angaba ngamamitha angama-320 ubude, bekufanele ngabe lifanekisela ukwanga kwesonto kuso sonke isintu.

Eduze kwe-obelisk kukhona eyodwa ithayela okukhombisa maphakathi kompheme. Kusukela lapho, ngenxa yomphumela wokukhanya ngenxa yokwanda kancane kancane kobubanzi bezinsika, ziyavela ukunyamalala ekhombisa kuphela umugqa wezinsika. I-obelisk ngaphambi kokufakwa enkabeni yesikwele yayisesekisini le- UNerone, indawo eseduze. Ngemuva kwalokho bekufiswa kakhulu uku amaRom ngumbusi UCaligula okwathi ngokwesaba ukuthi yephuka, yasuswa eGibhithe ngomkhumbi owawuthwele udali.

On the dome of St Peter's Basilica kukhona sphere, wake wazibuza ukuthi yini?

Yindawo engenalutho ngaphakathi eyenziwe ngethusi futhi embozwe ngegolide lapho kungangena khona abantu abangamashumi amabili. Kuze kungabi okuningi
kudala kwakukhona futhi kuyavakasheka. Ababili amakhaya amancane lokho kungabonakala ezinhlangothini ezinkulu kunomsebenzi wobuhle kuphela, ngaphakathi akuhambisani nanoma iyiphi indlu yesonto.

Ngaphakathi esontweni kukhona eyodwa kuphela ukudweba, lokho kwe UGregory Madonna. Konke okunye kwenziwa ngokuphelele nge yamatshe icwengisiswe kakhulu ngoba igquma laseVatican linomswakama kakhulu futhi nomdwebo uzokonakala. Enye yezinto ezihlaba umxhwele kakhulu ezibekwe ngaphakathi kuleli sonto ngokungangabazeki i- umbhede, Amamitha angama-29 ukuphakama, akhiwe ngu- kukuyo futhi ibekwe ethuneni likaSt.