The Metropolitan Cathedral n'zosakayikitsa kuti ndi imodzi mwa nyumba zofunika kwambiri ku Mexico City . Pambuyo pa tanthauzo lake lachipembedzo, liri ndi chidule cha zaka zisanu zamtengo wapatali zojambula ndi zomangamanga ku Mexico. Kumangidwa pa zotsalira za kachisi wa Aztec mumzinda wa Tenochtitlan womwe unali likulu la Aaztec, anthu a ku Spain omwe ankakhala ndi chikhalidwe chawo adakhazikitsa tchalitchi chachikulu kwambiri ku America.
Zomwe zimakhala zochititsa chidwi kwambiri, mbiri yake yosangalatsa komanso luso lake komanso zomangamanga zimapanga nyumbayi kukhala malo abwino koposa.
Katolika ndi mpando wa Archdiocese wa Mexico ndipo uli kumpoto kwa Zocalo, malo akuluakulu a Mexico City, pambali pa malo a malo ofufuza malo a Templo , omwe adzakupatsani malingaliro a malo awa asanafike Asipanishi m'ma 1500.
Mbiri ya Metropolitan Cathedral
Pamene Aasipanishi anadutsa mzinda wa Tenochtitlan womwe unalipo kale ku Spain, ndipo adaganiza zomanga mzinda wawo watsopano, chimodzi mwa zinthu zoyambirira ndizo kumanga tchalitchi. Poganizira zimenezi, wogonjetsa Hernán Cortes analamula kumanga tchalitchi ndipo anapatsa Martin de Sepulveda ntchito yomanga pamasasa a akachisi a Aztec. Pakati pa 1524 ndi 1532, Sepulveda anamanga tchalitchi chakum'maŵa chakum'maŵa ndi kumadzulo kumayendedwe achiMoor.
Zaka zingapo pambuyo pake, Carlos V anaisankha kuti ikhale tchalitchi chachikulu, koma sikunali okwanira chiwerengero cha olambira ndi owona kukhala odzichepetsa kuti akhale tchalitchi chachikulu cha likulu la New Spain. Ntchito yomanga yatsopano inayamba kuyang'aniridwa ndi Claudio de Arciniega, yemwe adalimbikitsidwa kuchokera ku tchalitchi chachikulu ku Seville.
Makhalidwe a tchalitchi chatsopano adayikidwa m'zaka za m'ma 1570, koma omangawo anakumana ndi zovuta zosiyanasiyana zomwe zinapangitsa kuti ntchitoyi isachedwe. Chifukwa cha chiwombankhanga chofewacho chinatsimikiziridwa kuti kugwiritsa ntchito miyala yamwala kumapangitsa kuti nyumbayo imire patsogolo, kotero iwo anasintha kupita ku thanthwe lamkuntho lomwe linali losagonjetsa ndi lowala kwambiri. Chigumula chachikulu mu 1629 chinachititsa kuchedwa kwa zaka zingapo. Ntchito yomangamanga inamalizidwa mu 1667 koma Sacristy, nsanja za belu ndi zokongoletsera zakunja zinawonjezeredwa.
Sagrario Metropolitano, kumpoto kwa mbali yaikulu ya tchalitchi, inamangidwa mu 18th Century. Poyambirira idakonzedwa kuti ikhale yosungiramo zolemba ndi zovala za bishopu wamkulu, koma tsopano akutumikira ngati tchalitchi chachikulu cha tchalitchi cha parishi. Mpumulo pamwamba pa khomo lake ndi chitseko chojambula pagalasi kumbali ya kummawa ndi zitsanzo zabwino za mtundu wa Churrigueresque wokongola kwambiri.
Ntchito Yomangamanga Yachimake
Chimake chokongola ndi choposa mamita 350 ndi mamita 200; nsanja zake za belu zimafika mamita 215. Nyumba ziwiri za bello zili ndi mabelu 25. Mudzawona kuphatikiza mitundu yosiyanasiyana mu zomangamanga ndi zokongoletsera, kuphatikizapo Renaissance, Baroque, ndi Neoclassic.
Zotsatira zake zonse zimangobwera koma mwa njira ina zimagwirizana.
Mapulani apansi a tchalitchi chachikulu ndi mtanda wa Chilatini. Mpingo umayang'anizana kumpoto ndi kummwera ndi chigawo chachikulu kumbali ya kummwera kwa nyumbayo, ndipo muli ndi zitseko zitatu ndi malo ozungulira. Cholinga chachikulu chimakhala ndi mpumulo wosonyeza kuti Mayi Virgin Mary, yemwe tchalitchi chake wapereka kwa iye.
Nyumbayi ili ndi nkhunda zisanu zokhala ndi mapemphero 14, sacristy, mutu wa nyumba, choir ndi crypts. Pali zopangira zisanu kapena retablos : Guwa la Kukhululuka, Guwa la Mafumu, guwa lalikulu, Guwa la Yesu Woukitsidwa, ndi Guwa la Namwali wa Zapopan. Choir cha Katolika chimakhala chokongoletsedwa mu chikhalidwe cha Baroque, ndi ziwalo zikuluzikulu ziwiri ndi zipangizo zomwe zimachokera ku madera a dziko la Spain ku Asia. Mwachitsanzo, chipata chozungulira choyimba chimachokera ku Macao.
Crypt ya Mabishopishopu ali pansi pa Guwa la Mafumu. Tsoka ilo, kawirikawiri limatsekedwa kwa alendo, koma n'zosangalatsa kuti onse omwe kale anali Apteskopu a ku Mexico anaikidwa m'manda kumeneko.
Muyenera Kuwona Zithunzi
Zithunzi zooneka bwino kwambiri m'tchalitchichi ndi The Assumption of the Virgin- by Juan Correa mu 1689-ndi Woman of the Apocalypse, chojambula cha 1685 cha Cristobal de Villalpando. Guwa la Mafumu, lopangidwa ndi Jerónimo de Balbás mu 1718, ndilo lapadera ndipo lili ndi zithunzi za Juan Rodriguez Juarez.
Chikumbutso Chozama
Tchalitchichi chimadziwika kuti ndi chosayerekezeka chifukwa cha nyumbayo ikumira pansi. Zotsatira zake sizili kokha ku tchalitchi chachikulu: mzinda wonse ukumira pamtunda wa pafupifupi mamita atatu pachaka. Katolika imakhala ndi vuto lovuta kwambiri, chifukwa likumira mosagwirizana, zomwe zimatha kuopseza kupulumuka kwa chikhalidwecho. Ntchito zambiri zakhala zikuchitika kuti apulumutse nyumbayo, koma popeza ntchito yomanga ndi yolemera komanso yomangidwa pamaziko osagwirizana, ndipo pansi penipeni mumzinda wonse muli dothi lofewa (lomwe kale linali bedi lake), kuteteza kuti nyumbayo isamire Zingakhale zosatheka, choncho yesetsani madzulo maziko kuti mpingo uzimira mofanana.
Kuyendera Katolika
Mzinda wa Metropolitan Cathedral uli kumpoto kwa Mexico City Zócalo, pamtsinje wa Zócalo pamtsinje wa blue.
Maola: Tsegulani 8: 8 mpaka 8:00 tsiku ndi tsiku.
Chilolezo: Palibe malipiro olowera ku tchalitchi chachikulu. Mphatso imapemphedwa kulowa muyimba kapena sacristy.
Zithunzi: Kujambula kumaloledwa popanda kugwiritsa ntchito flash. Chonde samalani kusokoneza misonkhano yachipembedzo.
Yendani ku Bell Towers: Mukhoza kugula tikiti ya mtengo wochepa kukwera masitepe kupita ku bell nsanja monga gawo la ulendo woperekedwa kangapo tsiku ndi tsiku. Pali dala mkati mwa tchalitchi chachikulu ndi mauthenga ndi matikiti. Ulendowu umangoperekedwa mu Chisipanishi, koma malingaliro okha ndi ofunikira (ngati simukudandaula ndi masitepe ndikuopa mantha). Zivomezi pakugwa kwa 2017 zinapangitsa kuti zisawonongeke pa nsanja za belu, kotero kuti maulendo a bell amayimitsidwa kwa kanthawi.