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.
link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ovalau_church_fiji.jpg|left|thumb|282x282px|Duban gaba na hasumiya da ɗigon sa a cikin sigar giciye.
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).

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