London kungumuzi womhlaba wonke oncomekayo. Ngikholwa ukuthi ngalomqondo idlula iNew York, futhi noma ngabe namuhla ukufuduka kuyinkinga, ukunotha kobuhlanga kwabafika emashumini eminyaka amuva nje kubunikeze isitembu esiyingqayizivele nesikhazimulayo.
Enye yezindawo ezifanekisela inhlokodolobha yamaNgisi yi Isikwele se-Trafalgar, isikwele salabo ongeke uphuthelwe.
Isikwele se-Trafalgar
Isikwele iTrafalgar iphakathi nelondon futhi njengoba igama lalo likhombisa ukuthi selibhapathiziwe ngaleyondlela Impi yaseTrafalgar inkanyezi ebuthweni le UNapoleon neNavy English. Le mpi yasolwandle yenzeka 21 Okthoba ka-1805 kanti ngasohlangothini lwe-United Kingdom, iSweden, iNaples, i-Austria neRussia nabo babelwa, kusobala, uNapoleon.
Impi yaseTrafalgar yenzeka ngasogwini lweKapa lalelo gama, eCádiz, eSpain, nase iqhawe layo ligcina selinguVice Admiral Nelson. Lolu lwazi luyisisekelo uma kukhulunywa ngokwazi isikwele. Isikwele, kufanele ukuthi sithi, sasikhona ngaphambi kwempi ebalulekile kepha sasinelinye igama: UGuillermo IV.
Esikhathini esithile kamuva, cishe ngo-1820, iNkosi uGeorge IV yathuma umdwebi wemfashini, uJohn Nash, ukuba athuthukise le ngxenye yeLondon futhi kwaba lapho ethola khona ukubukeka kwayo kwamanje. Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi nakho kwaba isikhungo sokubonisa nemikhosi ethandwayo.
Isikwele lesi simile kanje: sinenhliziyo nemigwaqo iphuma ezinhlangothini zaso ezintathu, kanti kwesine kunezitebhisi eziholela eNational Gallery. Eminyakeni engaphezudlwana kweshumi edlule, izimoto bezingawela isikwele zinqamule komunye wale migwaqo kodwa akusenakwenzeka, futhi namuhla ukuwela kungaphansi komhlaba.
Yini ongayibona eTrafalgar Square
Ngokuyisisekelo, i Ikholomu kaNelson. Kungumsebenzi kaWilliam Railton futhi uhlonipha itayitela likaHoratio Nelson, umphathi wamabutho waseBrithani owanqoba empini yaseTrafalgar kodwa futhi nokufa. Ikholomu ingumsebenzi we 1840 lapho kukhunjulwa ukufa kwakhe, futhi kuye kwaba Ukuphakama okungamamitha ayi-46. Yenziwe ngegwadle futhi isekela isithombe sikaNelson esifinyelela kumamitha angu-5,5 ukuphakama.
La Isifanekiso sikaNelson ubheke eningizimu ubheke esigodlweni saseWestminster. Ngaleso sikhathi, lolu kholomu lunenhlokodolobha enesitayela saseKorinte, ephefumulelwe yiForamu ka-Augustus eRoma, futhi ehlotshiswe ngamashidi ethusi akhishwa kwizinganono zaseBrithani.
Ibuye ibe nesisekelo esiyisikwele esinamapaneli asitshela ngokunqoba kukaNelson: iTrafalgar, kodwa futhi neConpenhague, iCabo de San Vicente neNilo.Lamapaneli, angunombolo amane, enziwa ngebhulonzi lethusi lezikhali zaseFrance ezazithunjiwe. Uzobona amanye amabhubesi, nesiginesha yomculi u-Edwin Landseer, esisekelweni sekholomu, futhi enziwe ngethusi kusuka kusisekelo sezikhali zaseSpain.
Ikholomu likaNelson liyahlolwa njalo eminyakeni emibili ukulondolozwa, ukuhlanzwa, nokulungiswa okudingekayo. Kususwa ubulongwe bamajuba, kufakwa i-wax ko-bronzes, leyo nto. Ngaphandle kwalesi sikhumbuzo isikwele sinemithombo ethile ezengezwe kulo mculo ngo-1845. Zine-mermaids, i-mermen, namahlengethwa kepha zavela ngemuva kwesikhashana. Kuyaqabukela ukuthi imithombo ingasebenzi.
Ngokulandelayo kukhona izifanekiso ezibunjiweyo esigcawini. Lezi zithombe zethusi ngezikaGeneral Sir Charles James Napier, eziseningizimu-ntshonalanga, uMajor General Sir Henry Havelock, eningizimu-mpumalanga, neKing George IV esenyakatho-mpumalanga yesikwele. Kukhona iplinth yesine eplaza engenalutho. Kuyaziwa njenge UPlintio wesine, okwathi ngemuva kokungakaze abeke umfanekiso kaWilliam IV, wasala ungenalutho. Uyibona enyakatho-ntshonalanga yayo nokuqukethwe kwayo kuyahlukahluka. Okwamanje kuhlobene nobuciko besimanje.
Ngo-1876 Izinyathelo Zasebukhosini zazitholakala ngaphakathi kodonga lwethala lasenyakatho. Ngaphandle kwekhefi, esigcawini, uthola imininingwane ngazo. Namuhla usengabheka izinsimbi nezilinganiso ezindala bese uzihlobanisa namagceke noma izinyawo zamanje. Lezi Zinyathelo Zasebukhosini zasuswa lapho kwakhiwa izitebhisi. Esinye isikhala "esidala" idokodo elidala lamaphoyisa eliseningizimu-mpumalanga yesikwele, nelambu laso loqobo kusukela ngo-1826. Namuhla liyigumbi elincane kodwa lisekhona.
Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi isikwele sibe nezinguquko ezithile: ithala lasenyakatho namuhla lihamba ngezinyawo futhi livumela inyunyana neNational Gallery, kanye ikhefi, izindlu zangasese zomphakathi kanye nokufinyelela kubantu abakhubazekile.
Iqiniso ukuthi ukuvakashela iTrafalgar Square kungumbono omuhle kakhulu ngoba isikwele sizungezwe iminyuziyamu, izindawo zamasiko kanye nezakhiwo zomlando kungaphuthelwa eLondon. Futhi, mhlawumbe, ngesikhathi sokuvakasha kwakho ungafakaza umbhikisho noma ukuboniswa ngoba kujwayelekile ukuthi kwenzeke lapha ikakhulukazi ngezimpelasonto.
Futhi ku I-Navidad kubekwa isihlahla sefire esivame ukunikelwa yidolobha lase-Oslo njengokubonga ngosizo lwamaNgisi ngesikhathi seMpi Yezwe Yesibili.
Uma uya ngoKhisimusi uzobona lesi sihlahla somuthi futhi uma ungena Unyaka omusha ungaba ngomunye wabahambele imigubho yonyaka omusha. Akusilo iqembu elihlelwa yidolobha kodwa abantu sebenomkhuba wokuza lapha ukuzobungaza. Okufanayo emikhosini ye Unyaka Omusha WamaShayina futhi, ngokwemvelo, noma nini lapho kukhunjulwa iMpi yaseTrafalgar ngo-Okthoba 21 lapho kufika iBritish Royal Navy Cadet Corps.
Ungafika kanjani eTrafalgar Square
- Ungafika lapho ngepayipi usebenzisa iBakerloo neNyakatho Lines, wehle eCharing Cross Station.
- Futhi ngebhasi: 3, 6, 9, 11, 12, 13, 15, 23, 24, 53, 77A, 88, 91, 139, 159, 176, 453.