I-Vatican City ingaphezu nje kokuphi lapho uPapa ephila khona. Kuyindawo-dolobha eyi-acre eyi-110 engaphansi kwedolobha laseRoma. Ngabantu abanomphela abangaphansi kuka-1 000, iVatican City yiyona idolobhakazi elizimele kunazo zonke emhlabeni wonke. Sekuyi-enclave yamaPapa yeSonto LamaRoma Katolika kusukela ngekhulu le-14. Izivakashi eziya eRoma, i-Vatican City iyindawo yokuya kuyo, kufaka phakathi:
ISt. Peter's Square
Enye yezindawo zomphakathi ezidume kakhulu emhlabeni, i- Piazza San Pietro iyinhlangano yobuciko yobuciko futhi ikhululekile ukuvakashela. I-obelisk yaseGibhithe eyakhiwa ngo-1586 imi phakathi kwendawo. Isikwele esakhiwe nguGiovanni Lorenzo Bernini sakhiwe ngqo phambi kweSt. Peter's Basilica. Indawo ihlala isindisa umoya, ngenxa yezixuku zabathengi baseSwitzerland abathembekile, abanamanzi amabili amahle kanye neminwe yePapa yaseFrancis (kokubili ehloniphayo kanye neyodwa) edayiswa ngabathengisi. Funa izindawo ezinomthunzi ukuze uhlale ezinqabeni ezinkulu ezinamaphiko, amakholomu amane ajulile, alayini isikwele.
Impendulo engezansi: Lapho sivakashele iVatican City, amadodana ami amabili asetsheni asanda kufunda ama-Angelo, amademoni namaDemoni aseDan Brown, okubandakanya izigcawu ezisezindaweni eziphezulu zokubuka izindawo zaseRoma, kuhlanganise noSt. Peter's Square, i Pantheon ne-Piazza Navona. Lena yincwadi enhle ukubandakanya isithakazelo sabasha.
ISt. Peter's Basilica
I-St. Peter's Basilica iyindawo engcwele kakhulu yama-Catholics: isonto elakhiwe ethuneni likaSt. Peter, uPapa wokuqala. Kuyaphazamisa ekubuyiseleni kwe-Italian futhi elinye lamasonto amakhulu kakhulu emhlabeni. Phezulu kweBaselica kukhona izifanekiso ezingu-13, ezibonisa uKristu, uJohane uMbhapathizi kanye nabaphostoli abangu-11.
Isonto ligcwele ubuciko obumangalisayo njengoPietà nguMichelangelo .
Ukungena kukhululekile kepha imigqa ingaba yinde. Cabanga ukufika ekuseni futhi uvakashele uhambo oluqondisiwe olwandisa umugqa womphakathi. Ungavakashela i-dome iMachelangelo eyenzelwe (imali), okubandakanya ukukhuphuka izinyathelo ezingu-551 noma ukuthatha i-elevator nokukhuphuka izinyathelo ezingu-320. Ukukhuphuka kuvuzwa ngombono omuhle ophezu kwezindlu zaseRoma.
I-Vatican Museums
AmaMyuziyamu aseVatican ayigugu eRoma kodwa abazali abanezingane ezincane kufanele bacabangisise ukuthi ngabe kufanele yini imigqa ende kanye nezixuku ezihlala njalo. (Futhi, cabanga ngohambo oluqondisiwe ukuze uhambisane nemigqa ejwayelekile bese uthola ukuqonda kweqoqo eliyigugu.) Izivakashi eziningi kakhulu ziyashesha ukudlula ukuqoqwa kwemidwebo yobuciko kanye nezinto zakudala endleleni eya eSistine Chapel , ephethe imidwebo yayo edume yiMichelangelo, kuyinto evelele kakhulu kwezivakashi eziningi. Khumbula ukuthi inombolo encane yezivakashi ivunyelwe ngaphakathi kweSistine Chapel ngesikhathi esisodwa, futhi imigqa ihamba isikhathi eside njengoba usuku luqhubeka.
Yazi Ngaphambi Kokuya EVatican City
- Izivakashi ezingagqoke izingubo ezifanele ngeke zivunyelwe ukungena eSt. Peter's Basilica. Ungagqoki ama-shorts, iziketi ezifushane, ama-tank phezulu noma amashirts angenamikhono.
- Ngosuku olushisayo, izivakashi zingagcwalisa amabhodlela amanzi emithonjeni yaseSt. Peter's Square (njengoba kungenziwa emithonjeni eminingi eRoma.)
- Ukwamukelwa emaMyuziyamu aseVatican kukhululekile ngeSonto lokugcina lenyanga ngayinye.
- Izixuku zivame ukukhanya phakathi kwelanga phakathi nesidlo sasemini.
- Bheka iseluleko esengeziwe ngokuvakashela iVatican City kusuka kuchwepheshe we-Travel.com we-About.com.
- Ehlelwe nguSuzanne Rowan Kelleher