Basilica ta Lady of Peace (wanda aka sani a matsayin Basilique de Notre Dame de la Paix ) an gina shi ne a babban birnin Yamoussoukro (Yakro) garin Felix Houphouet-Boigny, tsohon shugaban Ivory Coast. Yana kama da St. Peter's Basilica a Roma, amma har ma ya fi girma. Yawancin shugabannin kasashen Afrika a cikin shekarun 1970 zuwa 1980 sunyi amfani da kayan albarkatun ƙasarsu don gina wasu gine-gine masu banƙyama da basu dace da yanayin ba, amma abin da ya dace da su.
Gaskiya Game da Basilica
Basilica na Mu Lady of Peace an kwatanta bayan Basilica na St. Bitrus a Roma, amma ya fi girma, sanya shi babbar coci a duniya. An gina shi a tsakanin 1985 zuwa 1989 a kan kudin dalar Amurka miliyan 300 (sau biyu bashin ƙasa). An gina shi ne kawai daga marmara (30 acres) wanda aka shigo daga Italiya kuma aka yi masa ado da mita dubu 23,000 (7,000 m2) na gilashin da aka yi a yanzu daga Faransa.
Felix Houphouet-Boigny yana bayyane ne a cikin wani mashigin gilashi mai nuna ido na Yesu da manzanni a cikin Basilica. Paparoma John Paul ya zo ya tsarkake ikilisiya akan cewa an gina asibitin a kusa; ba a taba ba.
Shin Ya Yi Amfani da Shi?
Mutane 18,000 zasu iya bautawa a Basilica (mazauna 7,000, 11,000 tsaye) amma yana da wuya ma kusa da cikakken. Wannan zai iya samun wani abu da ya yi daidai da cewa yana tsakiyar tsakiyar daji kusa da garin kusan mutane 120,000 matalauta, mafi yawansu ba Katolika ba ne.
Dattijan papal da aka gina don kawai ziyarar ta papal ya kasance a banza tun lokacin tsarkakewa ta basilica.
Masu ba da agaji na zaman lafiya da kuma balaguro na musamman ga Ivory Coast na jin dadin ganin Basilica domin yana da kyau sosai. Har ila yau, mazauna yankin suna da girman kai.
Ziyarci Basilica na Mu Lady of Peace
Kuna iya samun jirgin sama zuwa Yamoussoukro kuma ku sauka a tashar jiragen saman da aka gina domin ku sauke Concorde (Shugaban Felix Houphouet-Boigny bai so ya yi amfani da ayyukan aikinsa ba).
Har ila yau, akwai yawan bus din da ke wucewa tun lokacin da Yamoussoukro ke da tashar sufuri. Kuna iya samun bas daga Abidjan, Man ko Bouake. Hakanan zaka iya kama busuna na yankin sannan ku tafi Nijar, Burkina Faso, da Mali daga nan.
Hotel mafi kyau a yankin shine Hotel Shugaban.
Don ƙarin bayani game da tafiya ku duba Gujewar Saurin Planet ta Yammacin Afrika.