I-Washington National Cathedral (Ukuvakasha & Amathiphu Okuvakasha)

Umhlahlandlela Wokuvakashela iNdlu Yomthandazo Kazwelonke eWashington, DC

I-Cathedral kazwelonke eWashington, DC iyisithupha lesonto elikhulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni wonke. Nakuba kungumkhaya we-Episcopal Diocese waseWashington futhi unebandla lendawo lamalungu angaphezu kuka-1 200, futhi kubhekwa njengendlu kazwelonke yomthandazo kubo bonke abantu. I-Cathedral iyaziwa ngokuthi iWashington National Cathedral, nakuba igama layo elisemthethweni yiCathhedral Church yaseSt. Peter noSt.

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I-National Cathedral iyisakhiwo esimangalisayo futhi uma uthanda ukubona izakhiwo ezimangalisayo, ukuthatha uhambo kufanele kube phezulu ohlwini lwakho "lokukwenza" uma uvakashela inhloko-dolobha yesizwe. I-Cathedral i-English Gothic ngesitayela nge-sculpture enhle, izinkuni eziqoshiwe, i-gargoyles, ama-mosaics, namafasitela angaphezu kwama-200 anesiglasi. Inhloko yeGloria e-Excelsis Tower iyindawo ephakeme eWashington, DC, kuyilapho iPilgrim Observation Gallery emabhondorheni amabili aseNtshonalanga yeCathhedral inikeza imibono emangalisayo yedolobha.

Bheka izithombe zeNational Cathedral .

Kule minyaka edlule, iNational Cathedral ibilokhu ibamba izinsizakalo eziningi zezinkumbulo zomkhosi kanye nemikhosi. Imisebenzi yabanjwe lapha ukuze ijabule ukuphela kweMpi Yezwe I no-II. I-Cathedral yayimingcwabo yombuso yabamengameli abathathu: uDwight Eisenhower, uRonald Reagan, noGerald Ford. Ngemva kokuhlasela kuka-11 ku-Septhemba, uGeorge W.

UBush wahlonipha izisulu zalowo suku ngenkonzo yomthandazo okhethekile lapha. Ezinye izenzakalo eziphethwe lapha zibandakanya usuku lukaZwelonke lomthandazo lwabahlukunyezwe ngesivunguvungu uKatrina, izinkonzo zomngcwabo zomholi wamalungelo omphakathi uDorothy Irene Height, izinsizakalo zokukhumbuza izisulu zokudubula esikoleni eNewtown, CT, kanye noMongameli waseNingizimu Afrika uNelson Mandela.

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Ukuvakasha kweNational Cathedral

Ungathatha uhambo oluqondisiwe noma oluthambileyo lwe-Cathedral kaZwelonke uphinde uhlole ubuciko balobuciko nobuciko be-Gothic. Uhambo oluqondiswayo luhlala cishe amaminithi angu-30 futhi lunikezwa ngokuqhubekayo usuku lonke (hlola ikhalenda ethi "Hlela Ukuvakashelwa Kwakho" kuwebhusayithi yeKathhedral ukuze uthole ukuvakasha ngosuku ohlose ukuvakashela). Akukho ukubhuka okudingekayo. Qiniseka ukuthi uthatha isikhathi ukuhamba ngezindawo. Indawo engama-acre angu-59 ihlanganisa izivande ezimbili, izikole ezine, nezitolo ezimbili zesipho.

Lezi zivakashi ezilandelayo kuyindlela eyingqayizivele yokuvakashela iNational Cathedral:

I-Cathedral Grounds - Garden of Bishop kanye no-Olmsted Woods

Yonke i-Hallows Guild yasungulwa ngo-1916 ukuze igcine amahektare angama-59 e-Cathedral.

I-landscape yenzelwe uFrederick Law Olmsted, Jr. owadala indawo yokupaka efana nepaki enezikhala ezivulekile nezitshalo zentshisekelo yemlando ezazalelwa eMelika. Ibhodlela leBhishobhi labizwa ngokuthi iBhishophu yokuqala kaKathhedral, uHenry Yates Satterlee. I-acri Olmsted Woods engu-5 ihlanganisa indlela yetshe, iPilgrim Way, isiyingiyalu sokucabangela, izimbali zasendle zasendle kanye nezihlahla, nezinyoni eziningi ezifudukayo. I-amphitheatre yangaphandle isebenza njengezinsizakalo zangaphandle.

Izinhlelo zeHholide

Kuzo zonke izinsuku zeholide likaKhisimusi, ungathatha uhambo oluqondisiwe, uzwe umculo wokugubha, wenze imihlobiso yeKhisimusi, noma uhlanganyele enkonzweni yenkolo. Bheka ikhalenda yezenzakalo zeholide.

Ikheli

3101 Wisconsin Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20016. (202) 537-6200. Isiteshi sesiteshi esiseduze se-Tenleytown-AU. Ukungena egaraji lokupaka kuseWisconsin Avenue ne-Hearst Circle.

Ukungena

$ 12: Abantu abadala (17 naphezulu)

I-8: Intsha (5 kuya ku-17), Abakhulu (65 nangaphezulu), AbaFundi nabaFundi (abane-ID), Amasosha (okwamanje namathatha umhlalaphansi) Akukho ukukhokhiswa okukhokhwayo ngezinkambo ngeSonto.

Wonke amaqembu nabantu abangu-13 + kufanele enze ukubhuka ukuze avakashele iKathhedral noma izizathu zawo ngaso sonke isikhathi. Ukuze uthole olunye ulwazi ngokuvakashelwa kweqembu, vakashela iwebhusayithi yeqembu.

I-Cathedral kazwelonke inikeza izinsizakalo zansuku zonke ezitholakalayo emphakathini. Imicimbi ekhethekile ibanjwe unyaka wonke, kufaka phakathi izikhala zomzimba, ukusebenza kwama-choir, i- Flower Mart Festival yonyaka, i-jazz, i-folk namakhonsathi we-classic nokuningi. Ukuze uthole uhlu lwezenzakalo ezikhethekile masonto onke, vakashela iwebhusayithi esemthethweni.

Amahora

Iwebhusayithi: cathedral.org

I-Cathedral kaZwelonke ingenye yezindlu eziningana zezizinda zokukhulekela esihlokweni sezwe. Ukuze uthole ulwazi mayelana nezinye izakhiwo, bheka Umhlahlandlela we-Washington DC's Historic Churches .