I-Basilica ye-Our Lady of Peace (eyaziwa ngokuthi iBaselique de Notre Dame de la Paix ) yakhiwa edolobheni elincane laseYamoussoukro (Yakro) edolobheni laseFilix Houphouet-Boigny, owayengumongameli we-Ivory Coast. Ibukeka nje njengeSt. Peter's Basilica eRoma, kodwa empeleni ngisho nangaphezulu. Abaholi abaningi base-Afrika ngawo-1970 nangama-1980 bajwayele ukusebenzisa izinsizakalo zabo ezimbalwa zamazwe ukwakha izakhiwo ezingenakuqhathaniswa nesimo sezulu, kodwa okwakungakanani okufanelwe nezigibe zabo.
Amaqiniso Okuthakazelisayo Nge-Basilica
I-Basilica of Our Lady of Peace ihlelwe emva kweBaselica yaseSt. Peter eRoma, kodwa inkulu, okwenza kube isonto elikhulu emhlabeni. Yakhiwa phakathi kuka-1985 no-1989 ngezindleko zamaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-300 (kabili ngokukweleta isikweletu sikazwelonke). Yakhiwa ngokuphelele nge-marble (amahektha angama-30) angeniswa e-Italy futhi ehlotshiswe ngamamitha ayizi-23,000 wamamitha ayizi-7,000 wamaglasi angaphansi kweFrance.
UFeliksi Houphouet-Boigny uveza ngokucacile ewindini lezingilazi zezingilazi zikaJesu kanye nabaPhostoli ngaphakathi kwesonto. UPapa John Paul weza ukugcoba isonto ngesisekelo sokuthi isibhedlela sizokwakhiwa eduze; akuzange kube njalo.
Ingabe Ithola Noma Yimuphi Usebenzisa?
Abantu abayizinkulungwane ezingu-18 000 bangakhuleka esontweni (7,000 bahlezi, abangu-11 000 bemi) kodwa akuvamile neze ukugcwele. Lokhu kungaba nento ephathelene nokuthi ikhona phakathi kwehlathini eduze kwedolobha labantu abangaba ngu-120 000 abampofu kakhulu, iningi lawo aliwona amaKatolika.
Indlu yepapa eyakhelwe kuphela ukuvakashelwa kwamapapa kuye kwaze kwaba yilapho isigaba sokuqala sokuqokwa kwe-basilica.
Amavolontiya okuthiwa i-Peace Corps kanye nabakhansela abavame ukuvakashela i-Ivory Coast bayakujabulela ukuyobona isontolika ngoba isakhiwo esihle kakhulu. Abantu bendawo nabo bayaziqhenya.
Ukuvakashela iBaselica of Our Lady of Peace
Ungabamba indiza yendawo eya Yamoussoukro kanye nomhlaba esiteshini sezindiza esakhelwe ukuzobhekana neComporde (uMongameli Felix Houphouet-Boigny akazange afune ukuklama amaphrojekthi akhe omzimba).
Kukhona futhi amabhasi amaningi adlula kusukela iJamoussoukro iyinqaba yokuthutha. Ungabamba ibhasi ukusuka e-Abidjan, eMan noma eBouake. Ungabamba amabhasi wesifunda futhi uhambe uye eNiger, eBurkina Faso naseMali kusuka lapha.
Ihhotela elihle kunazo zonke kule ndawo nguMongameli Wehhotela.
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