- Adilesi: Enrique Mac Iver 341, Santiago, Región Metropolitana, Chile;
- Tsamba lovomerezeka: mercedarios.cl;
- Telefoni: +56 2 2639 5684;
- Chaka chakumanga: chaka cha 1566.
Aliyense amene anapita ku likulu la dziko la Chile, Santiago, sangathe kudutsa pamalo otchuka a Plaza de Armas. Njira yowonetsera alendo siimatha ndi chizindikiro ichi, koma imangoyamba kumene. Pambuyo pa zonse, maulendo awiri okha kuchokera kufupi ndi Tchalitchi cha Virgin Mercedes. Mpingo unamangidwa m'zaka za zana la 15, koma akadali malo opembedza. Kusamala kwa alendo oyendera alendo kumakopa zomangamanga zokongola, zomwe zimayamikiridwa ndi akatswiri a zamatsenga. Mpingo unakwezedwa pamwamba pa chipilala cha dziko lonse la Chile.
Mbiri ya chilengedwe
Kunali Katolika mu mzindawo pambuyo pa kufika kwa amonke a Order of the Virgin wa Mercedes, kwa amene bwanamkubwa anapatsidwa thandizo lililonse. Kuyamikira kwa zaka zisanu ndi ziwiri zomwe zinaperekedwa ku Santiago, amonkewo adakhazikitsa tchalitchi, ntchito yomangamanga inatha mu 1566. Pamene mzindawu, monga dziko, uli m'dera lamtundu waukulu wa zisokonezo, zivomezi sizikanatha kudutsa Tchalitchi. Zaka zoposa zana mpingo unayima mu mawonekedwe ake oyambirira, koma mu 1683 iwo anawonongeka kwambiri chifukwa cha chivomerezi. Tchalitchicho chinamangidwanso, ndipo utumiki wopembedza unayamba kuchitidwa kumeneko kachiwiri. Apanso, ntchito yomanga ndi kubwezeretsa inkafunika mu 1736, pamene tchalitchi chinagwidwa ndi chivomezi.
Tchalitchi cha Virigo Mercedes lero
Oyendayenda akuitanidwa kuti akachezere nyumba yonseyi: imaphatikizapo mpingo wokha, pafupi ndi nyumba za amonke, nyumba zachuma. Oyendayenda amene ali ndi chidwi ndi zomangamanga za Santiago, m'pofunika kuyang'ana chilengedwe ichi chapadera cha munthu. Koma tchalitchi cha Katolika chimachita chidwi ndi chipembedzo, kotero amasonkhana ndi seminarians, azamulungu ndi njala kuti aphunzire za Chikatolika. Dziko lokongola la kunja lidzakuthandizira kufufuza ntchito za kubwezeretsa. Makamaka ndikulimbikitsidwa kuyang'anitsitsa nyumbayo dzuwa litalowa.
Amakhudzidwa kukachezera Tchalitchi ndi kuyendetsa pang'onopang'ono. Kuyenda kuzungulira Santiago, ndibwino kutiyike njira. Kenaka wina akhoza kuona chimodzi mwa nyumba zokongola kwambiri zomangidwa mumasewero a Neo-Renaissance. Chifukwa china choyendera tchalitchi ndi nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakale yomwe ili m'dera lovuta. Ikusonkhanitsa zinthu za chikhalidwe ndi luso, komanso ziwerengero za pachilumba cha Easter.
Kodi mungapite ku tchalitchi?
Kupita ku Tchalitchi cha Katolika sikovuta, chifukwa mungagwiritse ntchito zoyendetsa galimoto. Mpingo uli ndi zigawo ziwiri kuchokera pakatikati pa malo a Santiago. Kupititsa patsogolo sizingatheke, chifukwa nyumba yomanga nyumba ya tchalitchi cha terracotta imakhala yosiyana kwambiri ndi nyumba zamakono. Iyi ndi malo abwino kumene mungathe kumasuka phokoso la mzindawo.