- Adilesi: Abdijstraat 30-40, Westerlo, Belgium
- Foni: +32 014 53 99 00
- Website: www.tongerlo.org
- Tsiku la kukhazikitsidwa: 1130.
Ngati muli paulendo wopita ku Belgium monga tawuni yotchedwa Westerlo, ndiye kuti mutha kutchulidwa kuti ndinu woyenda bwino. M'misewu yake simungapeze makamu a alendo, kulibe nyumba ndi zipilala, ndipo anthu ammudzi akukhala mwamtendere ndikuyendera. Koma palinso malo amodzi pafupi ndi Westerlo, zomwe ziridi zoyenera kutchezera. Ndi Abbey wa Tongerlo, nyumba ya amonke ya Order of Catholic Prehenstratens.
Kodi chidwi ndi Tongerlo Abbey n'chiyani?
Nyumba ya amonkeyo inakhazikitsidwa mu 1130. Anthu ake oyambirira anali amonke ochokera ku abbey a St. Michael ku Antwerp . Patapita nthawi, amonke osungirako amonke adasintha, kukhala amodzi mwa mabungwe achipembedzo okhudzidwa kwambiri komanso malo ophunzitsira, popeza laibulale ya m'derali panthawiyi inali ndi mabuku ambiri. Komabe, mu 1790, abbey inagwidwa, ndipo amonkewo anathamangitsidwa. Ndipo pambuyo pa 1838 nyumba ya ambuye inadzuka ndi kutsegula zitseko zake ku zowawa. Kumapeto kwa zaka za zana la 20, kubwezeretsa kwakukulu kunapangidwa apa.
Masiku ano Tongarlo Abbey amasangalala kulandira alendo. Poyamba, alendo amakumana ndi lindens yabwino kwambiri, yomwe zaka zawo zimafika zaka zoposa 300. Nyumba ya amonke yokha ili ndi phindu lofunika kwambiri ngati fayilo yabwino ya fresco "Last Supper" ya Leonardo da Vinci. Tsamba iyi yasungidwa pano kuyambira m'zaka za zana la 16 ndipo ndi ngale ya nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakale, yomwe imatchedwa dzina la Mlengi wamkulu ndipo ili pafupi ndi nyumba ya Tongerlo Abbey. Pogwiritsa ntchito njirayi, Leonardo da Vinci mwiniwakeyo adalimbikitsidwa kuti apange bukuli chifukwa adawopa kuti fresco ya ku Milan siimayesa nthawi. Anapangidwa wophunzira wa Mlengi wamkulu, ndipo kenaka tchalitchichi chinagwiritsidwa ntchito monga chitsanzo chobwezeretsa choyambirira.
Kuphatikiza pa ubwino wapamwambawu, kukopa alendo ku Abbey ya Tongerlo ku Belgium , ndi ludzu kuyesa mowa wam'deralo, womwe umapangitsa haacht mowa. Anakhazikitsidwa m'zaka za zana la XIX ndipo amapanga mitundu khumi ndi iwiri ya zakumwa zodabwitsa izi. Chodabwitsa ndi chakuti, mowawu amagwiritsira ntchito zowonjezera zokha komanso kusuta mowa malinga ndi maphikidwe akale ndi miyambo, posankha kupanga zakumwa zapamwamba, ngakhale zing'onozing'ono.
Kodi mungapeze bwanji?
Pafupi ndi Tongerlo Abbey pali stop Dreef Abdij, yomwe imatha kufika pa N540 basi.
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