Cocin Sacred Heart, Levuka

Cocin Sacred Heart, wanda kuma aka sani da Cocin Katolika na Sacred Heart, cocin Roman Katolika ne a tsibirin Fijian na Ovalau, wanda ke kan Titin Teku a garin Levuka. Hasumiyar agogon coci tana aiki azaman fitila don jagorantar jiragen ruwa zuwa tashar jiragen ruwa ta hanyar buɗewa a cikin rafin. Majami'ar wani bangare ne na matsayin gadon da aka baiwa Levuka ta hanyar rubuta shi a matsayin wurin Tarihin Duniya na UNESCO. Siffofin Uba Louyot ne ya gina cocin, presbytery, da hasumiyansa a cikin gine-ginen Gothic Revival na gargajiya. An shimfida cocin a cikin sigar Cross Cross na Latin tare da tsarin allon yanayi, yana auna 60 ta ƙafa 24 (18.3 m × 7.3 m), mai ikon ɗaukar mutane 250. Alexandre Fils ya kara da harmonium. Gidan presbytery, wanda guguwa ta lalata a shekara ta 1905, wani ginin katako ne mai hawa biyu da ke kusa da cocin. Hasumiya mai tsayin ƙafafu 80 (24 m) mai tsayi, murabba'i a siffa, an gina shi daga ginin dutse kuma yana auna ƙafa 13 da 13 (4.0 m × 4.0 m). Its belfry ƙunshi hudu kararrawa. Agogon da aka ɗora a kan hasumiya yana da siffar madauwari kuma yana ƙara sau biyu a kowace sa'a a cikin tazara na minti daya; a harshen gida an ce zobe na farko yana nuna "Lokacin Fiji" na gida. Wurin hasumiya yana sanye da hasken neon a cikin nau'in giciye, wanda jiragen ruwa ke amfani da shi don tafiya cikin aminci ta hanyar Levuka zuwa tashar jiragen ruwa; wannan hasken yana aiki tare tare da wani koren haske mai dacewa akan tudu. Tarihi An gina cocin a shekara ta 1858 ta Uban Marist a matsayin wani bangare na Presbytery of the Sacred Heart Mission, a Levuka, wanda shine babban birnin tarihi na Fiji na farko a lokacin mulkin mallaka na Burtaniya. Fr. Jean-Baptiste Bréheret [fr] yayi hidima a matsayin firist na farko na coci; hasumiyar agogon da ke zaman kanta daga cocin an gina ta ne domin tunawa da shigarsa cocin. An ce shine "mafi tsufa kuma mafi kyawun aikin Katolika a Fiji". An fadada cocin a cikin shekaru masu zuwa. Cocin wani bangare ne na matsayin gadon da aka baiwa Levuka ta rubutunsa a matsayin Cibiyar Tarihi ta Duniya ta UNESCO a cikin 2013 a ƙarƙashin Ma'auni (al'adu) (ii) da (iv). Manazarta Littafi Mai Tsarki Britton, Henry (1870). Fiji in 1870: Being the Letters of "The Argus" Special Correspondent, with a Complete Map and Gazetteer of the Fijian Archipelago (Public domain ed.). Samuel Mullen. Fiji Blue Book (1899). Fiji Blue Book for the Year 1899 (Public domain ed.). Government Printer, South Africa. Stanley, David (1 January 1996). Fiji Islands Handbook. David Stanley. p. 198. ISBN 978-1-56691-038-5. Starnes, Dean; Luckham, Nana (2009). Lonely Planet Fiji. Lonely Planet. ISBN 978-1-74104-793-6.