Eyilwe ngumyili wezakhiwo waseSpain ophumelele amabhaso, iCathedral yamaKatolika kaMama wethu weengelosi zavulwa ngo-2002. Kuyamangalisa ukuyilwa kwayo okumangalisayo, okubonakaliswa bubugcisa bayo bale mihla obubalulekileyo kunye neendawo ezingcwele zamaKatolika.
La I-Cathedral yoMama wethu weengelosi ithathe indawo yeCathedral yaseSanta Vibiana, eyakhiwa ngo-1876 yaza yonakala kakhulu kwinyikima yonyaka ka-1994 eyahlasela isixeko sase los Angeles.
Emva kwempikiswano enkulu malunga nomba wokwakhiwa ngokutsha kwesakhiwo esidala, kwathathwa isigqibo sokuba kufuduselwe kwisiza esitsha ngo-1996. Isakhiwo esidala secawa sathengiselwa umphuhlisi uTom Gilmore ngo-1999, owasiguqula sayenza indawo yobugcisa obubizwa ngokuba yiVibiana.
Xa wabhengeza le ndawo intsha ngo-1996, uKhadinali Roger Mahony watyhila ukuba le cawe yayizakubizwa ngokuba yiCathhedral of Our Lady of the Angels, isihloko esasisele sivunyiwe nguPopu ngo-1945, xa kwakusenziwa izicwangciso ezingazalisekiswanga zokwakha iSt. Vibiana. Isihloko sibonisa igama lokuqala laseLos Angeles xa yayisekwe ngo-1781: Idolophu yeNkosikazi yethu, uKumkanikazi weengelosi.
Yintoni ongayibona
Inkqubo yecawa enkulu inentendelezo enkulu, indawo yokupaka, indawo yokutyela kunye necawa, enendawo epheleleyo yeemitha zesikwere ezingama-58.000. I-cathedral ingama-333 iinyawo ubude, enenjongo yokuba ibe yonyawo olude kuneCathedral yaseSt.Patrick eNew York, kwaye inyukele kubude obungaphakathi beemitha ezingama-80 kwicala lasentshona ukuya kwi-100 leemitha empuma kunye nesibingelelo. Inqaba ende yentsimbi yahlulwe kwicawa enkulu yesiqhelo yase-Itali.
ICathedral ye-Our Lady of the Angels sisakhiwo esinomtsalane nesingaqhelekanga esenza ukusetyenziswa okuncinci kwee-engile ezilungileyo kwaye kubandakanya iindlela zokukhusela inyikima yamva nje.
Yayilwa nguRafael Moneo, umyili wePritzker waseSpain owaphumelela amabhaso, owakhetha u "Khanya" no "Uhambo" njengemixholo yakhe yokudibanisa. Ngaphakathi kukhanya ngokuqaqambileyo ziifestile ezinde ezenziwe ngealabhasta yaseSpain kwaye ukungena kukhokelela kwi-ambulensi enkulu etsala kancinane xa usondela esibingelelweni esigcwele ukukhanya.
Endaweni yemiboniso yesiqhelo yebhayibhile, iingcango zobhedu zecathedral zihonjiswe ngeendlela ezahlukeneyo zenkcubeko kunye nemifanekiso efuziselayo, kubandakanya amanani angamaKrestu ayintsumantsumane (3 kaBathathu Emnye, 4 yeeVangeli, 7 ngenani eligqibeleleyo, 8 ngovuko, 40 yeentsuku entlango, njalo njalo).