Yakhelwe ngumdwebi owathola umklomelo waseSpain, iCathhedral Katolika ye-Our Lady of the Angels yavulwa ngo-2002. Kuyamangaza ukwakheka kwayo okumangazayo, okubonakala ngobuciko bayo besimanje obumangalisayo nezindawo ezingcwele zamaKatolika.
La ICathhedral yoMama Wethu Wezingelosi ingena esikhundleni seCathhedral of Santa Vibiana, eyakhiwa ngo-1876 yalimala kakhulu ekuzamazameni komhlaba okwenzeka ngo-1994 edolobheni lase e-Los Angeles.
Ngemuva kwengxabano enkulu ngodaba lokwakhiwa kabusha kwesakhiwo esidala, kwathathwa isinqumo sokuthuthela endaweni entsha ngonyaka we-1996. Ibhilidi elidala lesonto elikhulu lathengiselwa umakhi uTom Gilmore ngo-1999, owaliguqula laba yinkampani yezobuciko ebizwa ngeVibiana.
Ngenkathi ememezela le ndawo entsha ngo-1996, uKhadinali Roger Mahony waveza ukuthi leli sonto elisha lizobizwa ngokuthi yiCathhedral of Our Lady of the Angels, okuyisiqu esivele samukelwa uPapa ngo-1945, ngenkathi kwenziwa izinhlelo ezingagcwaliswanga zokwakhiwa kabusha kweSt. Vibiana. Lesi sihloko siveza igama langempela leLos Angeles lapho lasungulwa ngo-1781: The Town of Our Lady, Queen of the Angels.
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Isakhiwo sombhishobhi sinamagceke amakhulu, indawo yokupaka, indawo yokudlela nesonto, enendawo ephelele yamamitha-skwele angama-58.000. Isonto lombhishobhi lingamamitha angu-333 ubude, okuyizinyawo ezinde ngamabomu kuneSt. Umbhoshongo wensimbi omude uhlukaniswe nesonto elikhulu lesiko lase-Italy.
ICathedral of Our Lady of the Angels iyisakhiwo esihlaba umxhwele futhi esingajwayelekile esisebenzisa kancane ama-engeli afanele futhi sifaka izindlela zakamuva zokuvikela ukuzamazama komhlaba.
Yadizayinwa nguRafael Moneo, umklami wasePritzker owazuza umklomelo waseSpain, owakhetha i- “Light” ne- “Journey” njengezindikimba zakhe zokuhlanganisa. Ingaphakathi likhanyiswe kahle ngamafasitela amade enziwe nge-alabaster yaseSpain futhi umnyango uholela kwi-ambulensi enkulu etsheka kancane njengoba usondela ealtare eligcwele ukukhanya.
Esikhundleni sezigcawu ezivamile zeBhayibheli, iminyango yethusi yesonto lombhishobhi ihlotshiswe ngezinhlobonhlobo ezithokozisayo zezithombe namasiko, kufaka phakathi izinombolo eziyimfihlakalo zobuKristu (ezi-3 zikaZiqu-zintathu, ezi-4 zamaVangeli, eziyi-7 zenombolo ephelele, eziyi-8 zovuko, ezingama-40 izinsuku ehlane, njalonjalo).