- Idilesi: Abdijstraat 30-40, Westerlo, eBelgium
- Ifowuni: +32 014 53 99 00
- Iwebhusayithi: www.tongerlo.org
- Umhla wokusekwa: 1130.
Ukuba uhambo oluya eBelgium uye wafikelela kuloo dolophu njengoWesterlo, ngoko unokuthiwa ngumqhubi obalaseleyo. Kwizitrato zayo awuyi kufumana izihlwele zezokhenketho, akukho zakhiwo kunye nezikhumbuzo, kwaye abantu basekuhlaleni baphila ngokukhawuleza nokulinganisa. Kodwa kukho indawo enye kwindawo esekelwe kuyo iWesterlo, okuqinisekileyo ukutyelela. Yi-Abbey yaseTongerlo, i-monasteri ye-Order ye-Catholic Premonstratens.
Yintoni enomdla ngeTongerlo Abbey?
I-monastery yasungulwa ngo-1130. Abemi bayo bokuqala babeyiidonki ukusuka kwi-abbey yaseSt. Michael e- Antwerp . Ngokuhamba kwexesha, iindwendwe ezizithobekileyo zatshintshile, zaba enye yeemfundiso zonqulo ezinamandla kakhulu kunye neziko lemfundo, kuba ilayibrari yendawo yelo xesha yayineenombolo ezininzi zeencwadi. Nangona kunjalo, ngo-1790, i-abbey yayibanjwe, kwaye iidonki zaxoshwa. Kwaye emva kwe-1838 i-monasteri yavuselela kwaye yavula iingcango zayo ekubandezelekeni. Ekupheleni kwekhulu lama-20, ukubuyiswa kwamanani amakhulu kwenziwa apha.
Namhlanje iTongarlo Abbey iyavuya ukuwamkela abavakhenkethi. Ekuqaleni, iindwendwe zidibana ne-lindens emangalisayo, eneminyaka engama-300. I-monastery ngokwayo inomxholo oxabisekileyo njengekopi engcono yefresco "iSidlo Sokugqibela" nguLeonardo da Vinci. Le ngxowa igcinwe apha ukususela ngekhulu le-16 kunye nepareyari yomyuziyam, obizwa ngokuba ngumdala omkhulu kwaye uhlala ngqo kwiZakhiwo zeTongerlo Abbey. Ngendlela, ukudalwa kwekopi kwaxhaswa nguLeonardo da Vinci ngokwakhe, ngenxa yokuba wayesaba ukuba iifresco kwi-monastery yaseMilan yayingayi kumela ixesha. Wenziwa ngabafundi bomdali omkhulu, kwaye kamva le ngqayi yenziwe njengomzekelo wokubuyiselwa kweyayimvelaphi.
Ukongeza kwimiba engentla, ukhangela abakhenkethi kwi-Abbey yaseTongerlo eBelgium , kwaye unxanelwe ukuzama ubhiya wendawo, olwaphuza i-Haacht brewery. Yayisungulwa kwiXesti yeXIX kwaye ivelisa ngaphezu kweentlobo ezilishumi kwezi ziselo ezimnandi. Yintoni ephawulekayo, i-brewery isebenzisa kuphela izithako zendalo kunye nokuphuza ubhiya ngokweendlela zokudala zokupheka kunye nezithethe, ukhetha ukwenza isiphumo somgangatho, nangona ubuncinane.
Ndingafika njani?
Kungekude neTongerlo Abbey kukho ukuma kwe-Dreef Abdij, enokufikelela ngebhasi ye-N540.
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