Mzinda wa Vatican suli chabe kumene Papa amakhala. Ndi mzinda wa mayiko okwana 110 olamulira mumzinda wa Rome. Pokhala ndi anthu osatha omwe ali pansi pa 1,000, Vatican City ndi dziko laling'ono kwambiri lodziimira pawokha padziko lonse lapansi. Lakhala malo ovomerezeka a papa a Tchalitchi cha Roma Katolika kuyambira m'zaka za m'ma 1400. Kwa okaona ku Rome, Mzinda wa Vatican ndi malo omwe akupita, kuphatikizapo:
St. Peter's Square
Mmodzi mwa malo olemekezeka kwambiri padziko lonse, Piazza San Pietro ndi zomangamanga komanso ufulu wokacheza. Mng'oma wa Aiguputo womwe unakhazikitsidwa mu 1586 umayima pakati pa malo ozungulira. Malo okonzedwa ndi Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini anamangidwa molunjika kutsogolo kwa tchalitchi cha St. Peter's Basilica. Malowa amapereka mpweya wabwino, chifukwa cha makamu a okhulupirika, okwera mtengo a Swiss, akasupe awiri okongola ndi mapemphero ambiri a Papa Francis (onse olemekezeka ndi ophatikizira) ogulitsidwa ndi ogulitsa. Fufuzani malo amdima kuti mukhale mu mapiri akuluakulu ophimba, mizati inayi, yomwe imayika mzere.
Mbali yoyamba: Pamene titafika ku Vatican City, ana anga awiri aamuna anali atangowerenga mabuku a Dan Brown, Angels and Demons , omwe akuphatikizapo masewero omwe amapezeka kumadera okwera a Rome, kuphatikizapo St. Peter's Square, Pantheon, ndi Piazza Navona. Ili ndi buku lothandizira chidwi cha achinyamata.
Tchalitchi cha St. Peter's
Tchalitchi cha St. Peter's ndi kachisi wopatulika kwambiri wa Katolika: mpingo womangidwa pamanda a St. Peter, Papa woyamba. Chikukakamiza mu Kubadwanso kwa Italy ndi umodzi wa mipingo yayikulu padziko lonse lapansi. Pamwamba pa tchalitchichi muli mafano 13, owonetsera Khristu, Yohane Mbatizi ndi atumwi khumi ndi awiri.
Mpingo wadzala ndi zozizwitsa zaluso monga Pietà ndi Michelangelo .
Kuloledwa kuli mfulu koma mizere ingakhale yaitali. Ganizirani kufika m'mawa kwambiri ndikukwera ulendo woyendayenda umene umadutsa pazomwe anthu akuyendera. Mukhoza kupita ku dome la Michelangelo (lomwe mumapanga), lomwe limaphatikizapo kukwera masitepe 551 kapena kutenga phazi ndi kukwera masitepe 320. Kukwera phiri kumapindula ndi malingaliro okongola a madenga a Roma.
Makasitoma a Vatican
Makasitoma a Vatican ndi miyala ya Rome koma makolo omwe ali ndi ana aang'ono ayenera kuganizira mosamala ngati ndikofunikira mizere yayitali ndi makamu ambiri. (Panso, ganizirani ulendo woyendayenda kupyola mizere yowonongeka ndikudziwitsako zosonkhanitsa zamtengo wapatali.) Alendo ambiri amatha kuthamanga kusonkhanitsa zojambulajambula ndi zochitika zakale popita ku Sistine Chapel yomwe, ndi zojambula zake zodziwika ndi Michelangelo, ndicho chochititsa chidwi kwa alendo ambiri. Kumbukirani kuti chiwerengero chochepa cha alendo amaloledwa mkati mwa Sistine Chapel nthawi imodzi, ndipo mizere imatenga nthawi ngati tsiku likupitirira.
Dziwani Musanapite ku Vatican City
- Alendo omwe sali ovala zovala zoyenera sadzaloledwa kulowa m'tchalitchi cha St. Peter's Basilica. Musamveke akabudula, nsapato zazifupi, nsonga zamatabwa, kapena malaya opanda manja.
- Kutentha, alendo akhoza kudzaza mabotolo a madzi kuchokera ku akasupe a St. Peter's Square (monga momwe angachitire pazitsime zambiri ku Rome).
- Kuvomerezeka ku Museums ku Vatican ndi ufulu pa Lamlungu lapitali la mwezi uliwonse.
- Ambiri amakonda kukhala owala kwambiri pakati pa nthawi ya masana.
- Onani zowonjezera malangizo pa kuyendera Vatican City kuchokera ku About.com ku Italy Travel katswiri.
- Lolembedwa ndi Suzanne Rowan Kelleher