Catedral ya chisomo cha San Juan Bautista, kapena Cathedral ya Saint John Baptisti, sichikhoza kuphonya chizindikiro cha mbiri yakale m'mtima mwa mzinda wakale. Mpingo uli ku Calle del Cristo # 151-153, kudutsa ku malo okongola a El Convento. Palibe malipiro ovomerezedwa kupatulapo zopereka zomwe mungapange.
Mukhoza kupita ku masewera pano Loweruka nthawi ya 7 koloko masana, Lamlungu pa 9 ndi 11 koloko, ndi masabata 7:25 am ndi 12:15 pm.
Kuti mudziwe zambiri, imbani 787-722-0861. Tchalitchi chimatseguka tsiku lililonse kuyambira 8: 8 mpaka 4pm (Lamlungu mpaka 2 koloko masana).
Mfundo Zazikulu
Mukapita ku tchalitchi, musaphonye mfundo zotsatirazi:
- Manda a Ponce de León
- Mayi wa St. Pio
- Mawindo a galasi odetsedwa
Ngati mutakhala ku Puerto Rico potsutsa Khirisimasi, yesetsani kupita ku Misa de Gallo , yomwe idachitika pa December 24, pakati pausiku pakati pausiku, kotero mutha kuona zochitika za kubadwa kwa Yesu ndikugwira tchalitchichi chokongoletsedwa mu ulemerero wake wonse wa Khrisimasi.
Mpingo Wosakhala Wina
Mzinda wakale wa San Juan wolambira tchalitchi chachikulu ndi nyumba yaikulu yachipembedzo ya Puerto Rico, ndi imodzi mwa yofunikira kwambiri. Ndipotu, San Juan Bautista ndi mpando wa Archdiocese wa Puerto Rico. Ndilo mpingo wachiwiri wakale ku Western Hemisphere, ndi mpingo wakale kwambiri pa nthaka ya US. Mbiri ya tchalitchi idatha chaka cha 1521 ndi kuyamba koyambirira kwa chiwonongeko cha Chisipanishi cha chilumbachi .
Nyumba imene mukuiona lero siinali mpingo woyamba, umene unagwetsedwa ndi mphepo yamkuntho. Mapangidwe amakono amatha kufika 1540. Ngakhale apo, chojambula chokongola cha gothic chomwe mumawona lerolino chinasintha kwa zaka mazana ambiri.
Tchalitchichi chinayambanso kupitilira mayesero ndi masautso. M'kupita kwa nthawi, anthu ambiri akuba ndi kulanda katundu, makamaka mchaka cha 1598, pamene asilikali omwe anali pansi pa Nyumba ya Cumberland (omwe adawombera El Morro okha ) anagonjetsa mzindawu ndi kulanda tchalitchicho.
Chimodzimodzinso ndi kuwonongeka kwa nyengo, makamaka mu 1615, pamene mkuntho wachiwiri unabwera ndikukwera padenga lake.
Malo ake ku Cristo Street si ngozi. Ulendo wochepa wochokera ku San Juan Gate pamtunda wa Caleta de las Monjas ndi umene unayambira kwa anthu ambiri omwe ankayenda pa chilumbacho ndipo adalowa mumzindawo kudutsa m'nyanja yake yokha. Oyendetsa panyanja ndi oyendayenda adayendera San Juan Bautista atangotsika ngalawayo kuti athe kuyamika Mulungu chifukwa cha ulendo wabwino.
Momwemonso, tchalitchichi chimadziwikanso ndi zipembedzo ziwiri zotchuka (zomwe poyamba zinadzitamandira chuma chambiri, koma kubwereza mobwerezabwereza ndi kuwonongeka kwacho kumachotsa zinthu zambiri zamtengo wapatali). Yoyamba mwa izi ndi malo omaliza ofufuza malo a ku Spain Juan Ponce de León, bwanamkubwa woyamba wa Puerto Rico ndi munthu amene adakhazikitsa malo ake mu mbiri yakale pamene anathamangitsa Kasupe wa Achinyamata. Ponce de León mwina sakanatha zaka zambiri pano (banja lake, komabe, ankakhala ku Puerto Rico ku Casa Blanca ), koma adakali chidziwikire pachilumbacho. Masamba ake sanali nthawi zonse ku Catedral. Poyambirira, wogonjetsa wotchukayo anadutsa mumsewu ku Iglesia de San José, koma anasamukira kuno mu 1908 ndikuikidwa mu manda a mabulosi oyera omwe mumawawona lero.
Tchalitchichi chimakhalanso ndi munthu wina wolemekezeka komanso wautali. Fufuzani zitsulo zokhala ndi zitsulo zopangidwa ndi sera za St. Pio, woferedwa wachiroma wakuphedwa chifukwa cha chikhulupiriro chake. Oyeramtima akukhala mu bokosi la galasi ndikupanga zochitika zosaoneka bwino.