- Adilesi: Republic of Trinidad ndi Tobago, Port-of-Spain, 30A Street Abercromby;
- Chaka cha maziko: 1818
Cathedral ya Holy Trinity, kapena First English Church, ili mumzinda wa Port-of-Spain pachilumba cha Trinidad . Mbiri ya kachisi uyu inayamba m'zaka za zana la 18, pamene tchalitchi chaching'ono cha matabwa chinali pamalo ake, koma mu 1809 moto woopsa unachitikira mu mzinda, womwe sunapulumutse kanthu, ngakhale nyumba zachipembedzo. Kotero, akuluakulu amayenera kumanga tchalitchi chatsopano, choncho chaka chomwechi British crown anapereka ndalama ku tchalitchi. Ntchito yomanga Katolika ya Tchalitchi cha Utatu inamalizidwa patatha zaka 9, ndipo patapita zaka zisanu, pa 25 May 1823, tchalitchicho chinapatulidwa.
Zomwe mungawone?
Zomangamanga za Cathedral ya Holy Trinity zimakhala zokondweretsa, chifukwa zimasonyeza chikhalidwe cha Chijojiya chophatikiza ndi Gothic, pamene zida za nthawi ya Victori zilipo. Ntchito yomanga tchalitchichi inali yofunika kwambiri, choncho, kalata Wachikoloni Philip Reinagle anagwira ntchito pa dongosolo lake. Ndi amene anapanga denga lokongola la denga, lomwe linapangidwa ndi matabwa, lochokera ku nkhalango zam'deralo. Guwa la tchalitchichi limamangidwa ndi mahogany osankhidwa ndipo limakongoletsedwa ndi alabaster ndi marble. Zonsezi zapulumuka mpaka lero. Komanso diso la alendo lidzakondwera ndiwindo la mawindo a galasi, omwe oyerawo amawonetsedwa.
Mkati mwa kachisi muli chifaniziro cha marble choperekedwa kwa woyambitsa tchalitchi. Kuwonjezera pamenepo, panthaŵiyo anali bwanamkubwa - Sir Ralph Woodford. Makomawa "amazokongoletsedwa" ndi mapiritsi omwe amanena za anthu ofunika kwambiri a ku Britain omwe ali ndi nthawi zamakoloni. Iyi ndi mbali ya mbiri ya dziko, osati katolika chabe wa Utatu Woyera.
Ndiponso m'kachisi pali fano lina lodabwitsa, limene limatengedwa ngati choyimira chapafupi - fano la mtengo wa Yesu Khristu. Nthano imanena kuti m'zaka za zana la XVII inali ya mpingo ku Veracruz. Ananyamulidwa ndi chilumba cha Trinidad pa ngalawayo. Koma sitimayo inadzazidwa kwambiri ndipo woyendetsa sitima sanathe kupirira kuti sitimayo imangotengedwa nthawi zonse kumphepete mwa chilumbacho, choncho adatsimikiza kuchoka mbali ya katunduyo, kuphatikizapo fano la Yesu Khristu. Nzika za mzindawo zinazindikira izi ngati chizindikiro chochokera kumwamba ndipo nthawi yomweyo anapanga fano la matabwa lokhalo lolemekezeka kwambiri. Nthano iyi imadutsa kuchokera ku mibadwomibadwo, kotero "mphatso" yamakono kuchokera kwa captain wosadziwika imayesedwa kukhala yamtengo wapatali kwambiri.
Ali kuti?
Tchalitchichi chili pamsewu 30A Street ya Abercromby, ili pafupi ndi avenue Western Main Rd (Westin Main Road). Mwamwayi, palibe magalimoto oyendetsa galimoto akuyandikira pafupi, choncho muyenera kugwiritsa ntchito madalaivala amatekisi.
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