Umlando weMorro de San Juan ePuerto Rico

Uma ubheka phezulu esiqongweni seSan Juan endala ungathola iFort of San Felipe del Morro, eyayaziwa nangokuthi i-El Morro. Lokhu kwakhiwa akuyona into engaphansi kwekhulu le-XNUMX futhi kwakhiwe ukuvikela idolobha ekuhlaselweni ulwandle., ukuhlaselwa okwakuvamile kakhulu ngaleso sikhathi ukunqoba amazwe nokuphanga abantu.

Le nqaba isibe ngesinye sezici ezimele kakhulu zedolobha lasendulo futhi isekhona nanamuhla. Kwakungesinye sezikhumbuzo esidume kakhulu ngisho nangezikhathi zamakoloni aseSpain futhi manje leyo nqaba iyatholakala esiqhingini esinamadwala futhi iyabonakala kalula ngoba iyanamathela. Yakhiwa ngo-1539 futhi kwakuwumbhoshongo nje olula, owawunomklamo owaguqulwa emashumini ambalwa eminyaka kamuva, ngo-1587 ezandleni zikaJuan de Tejada noJuan Bautista Antonelli ukuwuguqula waba inqaba yamasosha yaseSpain emangalisayo eyasungulwa ngaleso sikhathi futhi yahlonishwa yibo bonke.

Umlando omncane weMorro de San Juan ePuerto Rico

Njengoba ngikutshelile nje, umlando weMorro de San Juan ePuerto Rico uqala ngo-1539 ngokusungulwa kweSpanish, kepha kuzothatha cishe isigamu sekhulu leminyaka ukuthi isebenze ngokugcwele futhi ikwazi ukwenza umsebenzi inqaba.

Lathola igama lalo libonga iNkosi Felipe II yaseSpain elalifaka kuyo futhi lalakhiwe ngokwahluka okuncane kwezinye izinqaba lokho kamuva kwatholakala kwamanye amazwe anjengeCaribbean, iDominican Republic, iCuba kanye nase-Acapulco nayo eyayinezinqaba ezifanayo ukuze ikwazi ukuzivikela ezitheni ezafika emazweni abo olwandle.

Ngemuva kweminyaka engaphezu kwengu-400 kusukela wonke umlando waqala, le nqaba eyakhiwe yaba nenqwaba yezigemegeme ngaphakathi kwezindonga zayo., kepha lokhu kuphoqe ukuthi isakhiwo saso sokuqala siguqulwe. I-El Morro manje isiyindawo eyiGugu Lomhlaba futhi ihlanganisa amahektha angaphansi kwama-70 esiqongweni sentshonalanga yeSan Juan.

Ukuhlaselwa kwangaphandle u-El Morro ahlupheka ngakho futhi okuyingxenye yomlando, kwaziwa kakhulu njengenganekwane yale nqaba, yize kukhona imibhalo eqinisekisa umlando wayo nakho konke okwenziwe yile nqaba. Idolobha lithembele ekuguqukeni kwalo kuzo zombili iziNgisi namaDashi eminyakeni edlule emlandweni walo yingakho inesisindo esingaka. Manje sekunomnyuziyamu omkhulu ngaphakathi, umsebenzi wawo ukucacisa izimpi ezenzeka ogwini lwaseSan Juan ukuze bonke abavakashi abafuna ukubazi babazi.

Ngesikhathi sokugcina le nqaba yaba nezigigaba futhi isenzo esikhulu kwaba ngesikhathi sokuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu asolwandle ngonyaka we-1898 empini phakathi kweSpain neMelika. Ngemuva kwemicimbi ethile ne-United States, iPuerto Rico yathola ukulungiswa kwezindonga zayo futhi umlando wase-El Morro ungaqala ukujabulela izikhathi zokuthula nokuzola.

Kulezi zinsuku, i-El Morro yindawo evakashelwa kakhulu izivakashi, ngakho-ke uma ufuna ukuya khona, unganqikazi, ngoba uzokwazi ukufunda izinto ezintsha ngomlando wayo nangezimpi zawo, futhi ngaphezu kwalokho, uzokwazi futhi thola izithombe ezinhle kakhulu ngenxa yemibono emihle ongayithola.

Inqaba namuhla

Uma ufuna ukuvakashela le nqaba, kufanele wazi ukuthi inezindleko zamaRandi amathathu namaRandi amahlanu uma uthenga ithikithi elihlanganisa neFort of San Cristóbal. Uma unezingane ezineminyaka engaphansi kwengu-15 zokuhamba nawe, zizokwazi ukujabulela ukuvakashela inqaba eguqulwe yaba umnyuziyamu mahhala.

Kuyafaneleka ngempela ukukhokha imali yokuyifaka ngoba inezinto eziningi ezithokozisayo eziveziwe, futhi ungahamba ngaphakathi nangaphandle kwenqaba, ngakho-ke kufanele uqiniseke ukuthi unesiphuzo esenele sokuzihambisa ohambweni lwakho. Kukhona isitolo sezipho esithengisa namabhodlela amanzi, kepha njengoba wazi ukuthi izivakashi zingomela, ziyabiza kancane.

Uma sebengaphakathi kwenqaba bazokukhombisa ividiyo emfushane ngomlando wale nqaba ukuze uzimise uzobona ukubaluleka kokwakhiwa nokuthi kwakubaluleke kanjani kuzo zonke izimpi. Le vidiyo ikhonjiswa ngesiNgisi futhi ihlala ihora nesigamu, kepha iboniswa nangeSpanishi ngokuhamba kwesikhathi. Ungathola futhi ngabasebenzi bemnyuziyamu manje uma unokungabaza okuthile. Uma ungafuni ukubona ividiyo ungathatha imephu bese uhlola konke enakho ukukubonisa le fortification enhle kakhulu.

Injani i-fortification

Okokuqala ungathola iSikwele Esikhulu se-El Morro okwakuyindawo lapho amabutho ayehlangana khona ukuze enze imibhikisho nokuhlolwa nsuku zonke. Umthombo osenkabeni yesikwele nawo uyindawo enhle futhi kungathatha unyaka ukugcwaliswa ngamanzi emvula. Amakamelo azungezile abheke ezinhlangothini futhi asetshenziswa njengendawo yokuhlala, amathangi okugcina, amadiphozi wokuqhuma isibhamu, amaseli noma izikhundla zokudubula ... ngaphandle kokungabaza lezi zindawo zenqaba zazinempilo eningi. Kwakukhona nendlu yesonto.

Ezingeni eliphezulu entshonalanga ye-Main Plaza kunerempu eholela phezulu, Lapho uzothola imimoya engenisa umoya ohlanzekile emakamelweni angezansi. Ungathatha izithombe ezinhle kakhulu kule ndawo yenqaba. Ezingeni eliphezulu ungathola futhi nendlu yesibani esakhiwa kabusha ngo-1908.

Kusukela ezingeni eliphezulu uzoba nemibono emihle kakhulu yamathuna aseSan Juan, empumalanga nasentshonalanga ngaphesheya kwechweba uzobona izinsalela zenqaba yaseSan Juan de la Cruz.

Ngemuva uma ufuna ukufinyelela emazingeni aphansi kuzofanela ubuyele e-Main Square futhi ufinyelele kulawa mazinga aphansi ngenxa yesitebhisi noma umgwaqo ophambi komnyango we-El Morro noma uthathe izitebhisi ezingunxantathu empumalanga yesikwele esikhulu. Kule ndawo engezansi kulapho kwakukhona khona izinganono zezinqaba.

Uma ufuna ukwazi kabanzi ngakho konke okulindele lapho uvakashela le nqaba, kuzodingeka ulungiselele uhambo lokuyibona kuphela!