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離開丹麥風情小鎮Solvang,我們驅車前往位於加州西南海岸濱海城市聖巴巴拉(Santa Barbara)。這座城市最重要的地標建築,便是加州的十大教堂之一,素有“修道院女王”之稱的聖巴巴拉修道院(Old Mission Santa Barbara)。
聖巴巴拉修道院是一個曆史悠久的修道院,始建於1786年,後來曾在1812年地震和1925年地震中被毀,之後又不斷重修重建,才有了今天人們所看到的樣子。起初是由西班牙的天主教徒視將當地美洲印第安人改造成基督徒作為自己的使命,因此也稱為使命教堂。在18世紀的時候,西班牙方濟會來到加州做傳教工作,主要傳教對象是印地安人。1769年西班牙開始在Alta California也就是後來的美國加州建立mission修道院,第一個建起來的就是San Diego Mission,到1833年為止,共建立了21個修道院。Mission Santa Barbara是西班牙在加州建立的第十個mission修道院,官方文獻稱其為“Queen of the Missions for its graceful beauty”,可見其地位和作用也是非常重要的。現代聖巴巴拉縣也圍繞著這座修道院建成,因此可以看做是聖巴巴拉縣的源頭。
聖巴巴拉修道院的外表和內部還基本保持著19世紀初期的原貌,前麵有一大片綠蔭草地,修道院粉色的立柱圓頂配上白牆,格外溫柔恬靜,其獨特的石砌雙塔型建築令人印象深刻,仿造古羅馬建築特色。西班牙方濟會在蓋這座修道院之前的9座修道院,都是由同一位建築師(Padre Junipero Serra)所蓋;後來舊建築師過世以後,這座聖塔芭芭拉修道院找來了新任建築師(Padre Fermin Francisco de Lasuen)操刀負責建築,大受好評。這裏曾經是加利福尼亞教區的總堂,雖然這座修道院幾經地震,幾次修複,最後一次修建為1927年,但其內部構造幾乎保留了1820年大修複後的特征。後來修道院對公眾開放,設有禮品店和博物館,內部裝飾很華麗,無論是牆上的壁畫,還是窗戶的彩繪玻璃,都具有很高的藝術性。
修道院粉色的立柱圓頂配上白牆,其獨特的石砌雙塔型建築令人印象深刻。
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內部的Sacred Garden花園。
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修道院裏麵最重要的自然是Church教堂,無論是牆上的壁畫,還是窗戶的彩繪玻璃,都具有很高的藝術性。
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教堂外麵的Cemetery墓園。
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Museum展館有各種陳列品。
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內部參觀完畢,從停車場回望修道院令人印象深刻。
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