Monday, September 3, 2007

Traveline News

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Welcome onboard again to "Germalaysiany Traveline 747", the world leading Traveline corporation. We will be take off at 6.30pm and all passengers are requested to go back to their seats and waiting for immediate take off. Thank You.

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Sorry for interrupting. Currently we have 1 request from 1 of our passengers. Here is his request:
"I am working as a reporter and i would like to share some information about Duomo Cathedral, a research which i did a few months ago. I am sure that some people from all over the world would like to listen to Duomo description in Chinese for better concept understanding."

"米蘭大教堂(Duomo)是米蘭重要地標,一直和佛羅倫斯大教堂爭奪全球第三大教堂的地位,前兩大教堂分別是排名第一的梵諦岡聖彼得大教堂、第二的西班牙的塞維爾 (Seville)大教堂,至於第三名則米蘭或佛羅倫斯大教堂則有爭議,但不論是第三或第四大教堂,米蘭大教堂的歷史價值、哥德式建築風格都有著無與倫比的地位。

米蘭大教堂是米蘭的地標,整座建築物融合哥德、文藝復興、新古典等多種建築風格,其位居米蘭市中心,雄偉的氣勢,令人望之而生仰慕之心,其中教堂正面以三角形狀構建而成,四周有數百座尖塔成林,和高達108公尺的主塔相襯,仿如相互扶持,伸向藍天,展現哥德式建築的特色。


這座教堂於1386年開始建造,當時是由統治米蘭的威斯康提(Gian Galeazzo Visconti)下令興建,建材為來自Candoglia地區的大理石。歷經五、六百年,這座教堂逐一完成重要的建設內容。1418年主祭壇完工啟用, 1617年教堂正面工程展開,仍以歌德式為主要風格,1774年主尖塔聖母像建成,1813年拿破崙下令建成正牆面及所有尖塔,一直到二十世紀初,今日所見的正牆面五扇銅門才裝置完成。

最高的尖塔高達108.5公尺,上方置有聖母雕像,教堂拱頂由52根多柱體樑柱支撐,其上共有135根石柱尖塔、2245座雕像,均取材自聖經故事,教堂內外所呈現的聖者及使徒像,數目達3159座,據傳均是文藝復興時代所留下的作品,教堂正面五扇銅門上,分別刻有教堂歷史、米蘭歷史、聖母生涯和君士坦丁大帝的「米蘭詔書」等。不管從那一個方向看,米蘭大教堂呈現的壯麗風貌及豐富的歷史內涵,都很令人感動。

教堂內部也很有特色,從祭壇、馬賽克畫至寶物室,都值得觀賞。其中祭壇上供奉著的一根釘子,據說是取自耶穌被釘死的十字架上。教堂內天花板很高,並鑲有彩繪玻璃,往地下走,有寶物庫Tesoro,另也可以搭乘電梯到頂樓,欣賞四周景物,或購票參觀大教堂博物館Museo del Duomo。"


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"... tu tu tu..."

A very impressive description about Duomo. Well done.

Sorry for the delay. We hope you are enjoying your time at Duomo. We are ready for take off and for the mean time, enjoy your flight! Thank you.

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