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Datuk Bandar Perancis berbasikal ke Rom untuk menyelamatkan gereja usang

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Datuk Bandar Perancis berbasikal ke Rom untuk menyelamatkan gereja usang

Stéphane Frère bergambar di luar Colosseum dan tapak lain di Rom.

by Tom Heneghan

Aug 8 2023

NICE – Seorang datuk bandar yang memerlukan tetapi gigih telah mengayuh basikal sejauh 750km dari Nice ke Rom untuk mengumpul dana bagi mengubah suai gereja usang, yang dibina pada abad kedua belas di kampungnya di utara Perancis.

Stéphane Frère membuat perjalanan selepas mengetahui negeri itu – yang memiliki semua gereja yang dibuka sebelum 1905 – akan membayar 90 peratus daripada kos bumbung baharu dan pengubahsuaian lain yang telah lama tertunggak untuk Gereja St Martin di Bonnesvalyn.

Frère telah menjadi datuk bandar kampung kecil itu sejak 2020 dan mahu membaiki bangunan Romanesque untuk mengadakan perayaan liturgi dan konsert. Tetapi dengan hanya 216 penduduk, kampung itu tidak mampu membayar sebahagian kos sebanyak €70,000.

Jadi Frère, seorang guru sekolah menengah berusia 48 tahun yang cergas dan peminat tegar berbasikal, berangkat dengan basikal ke Rom untuk menghebahkan masalah belanjawannya dan berharap dapat mengumpul dana yang diperlukan.

Dia bermula di Nice, berhampiran sempadan Itali, kerana mengayuh turun melalui Perancis akan mengambil masa terlalu lama. Apabila seorang penyokong mendengar tentang projek itu, individu tersebut menawarkan basikal secara percuma.

Frère memastikan Bonnesvalyn dimaklumkan melalui halaman Facebooknya, menyiarkan berita tentang jelajah berbasikalnya melalui jalan berbatu, melawat pantai yang bersih dan mengucapkan terima kasih kepada orang Itali yang memberinya sumbangan kecil di sepanjang jalan.

“Saya berbasikal pada waktu pagi dan petang kerana waktusiang hari terlalu panas,” katanya.

Tiba pada 20 Julai, dia merakam lawatan ke basilika Rom dan bergambar dengan basikalnya di Colosseum dengan kalungan toga dan laurel dan di hadapan Pantheon.

Perjalanan Fère diikuti oleh saluran berita tempatan dan dia berjaya mengumpul €2,500 untuk perjalanan 10 harinya di bawah terik matahari.

Dia berjanji akan meneruskan pencarian dana tersebut. Sejak dia memulakan perjalanannya, beberapa ikrar derma daripada perniagaan dan individu tempatan telah diterima.

“Ini adalah jumlah yang besar untuk kampung seperti kita yang mengalami kesukaran. Tetapi tidak kira jumlah kutipan, yang penting ialah mempromosikan warisan Perancis,” katanya.

“Jika artis mahu datang dan memberikan konsert percuma di bandar kami, dia dialu-alukan.” – The Tablet

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