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- Unyaka wesisekelo: 1799
Isiqhingi saseMalaysia sasePenang sidume ngenye ingxenye ye-colonial - iGeorgetown . Lapha ukukhanga izivakashi eziyinhloko yi-Fort Cornwallis yasendulo (Fort Cornwallis).
Ulwazi jikelele
I-Citadel yaqala ukumiswa ngaphansi kobuholi beBritish Francis Light ogwini olusempumalanga yombuso ngo-1786, futhi yaqedwa ngo-1799.
Inhloso eyinhloko yeqhwa kwakuwukuhlinzeka ngokuvikeleka esiqhingini futhi kuvikelwe ogwini kusuka ekuhlaselweni kwama-pirate. Ekuqaleni ukwakha uConwallis wanquma kusuka emasundu. Ngale ndlela, leli jungle lahlulwa masinyane ekwakheni inqaba.
Abahlali abazange basheshe basize abakoloni, kanti abaseBrithani babengenazo izandla. UFrancis Light wayala ukuba alayishe isibhamu ngemali yesiliva bese edubula ehlathini. Lesi sizathu sasiqinisekisa ama-Aborigines, futhi isayithi yayilungele ukwakha ezinyangeni ezimbili.
Esikhathini sekhulu le-XIX, zonke izakhiwo, kanye nezinhlaka zamapulangwe, zazizungezwe ngamatshe nezitini. Abasebenzi esakhiweni basizwa iziboshwa zamajele asekhaya. Igama layo lamanje lanikelwa enqabeni ngokuhlonishwa kukaCharles Cornwallis. Wayengumphathi omkhulu webutho laseBrithani eNdiya nombusi-jikelele e-East India Company.
Kuwo wonke umlando wayo, i-citadel ayizange isetshenziselwe ukusebenza kwempi. Yaba isikhungo sokuphatha sabakoloni baseBrithani abahlala esiqhingini. Engxenyeni yaseCornwallis, kwakhiwa isonto lamaKristu, zonke iziqhingi ezikholelwa ziyivakashele.
I-fort okwamanje
Namuhla inqaba yindawo engokomlando. Phakathi nohambo uzobona izakhiwo zangempela njenge:
- Amanoni aphakathi nendawo, aphakama ezindongeni zamamitha angu-4 enqabeni;
- izinhlamvu zamabhomu;
- amabutho;
- isonto;
- i-lighthouse.
Ema-20 ekhulu lama-XX, i-moat yayigcwele ngamanzi (ububanzi bayo babuyi-9 m, futhi ukujula kwafinyelela ku-2 m), okwakungeze kuConwallis. Isizathu esiyinhloko salesi senzo kwakuwukugqashuka kwe-malaria endaweni.
Kodwa i-canon yethusi (enye lapho ayidubula khona izinhlamvu zemali F. Light) ifinyelele ezinsukwini zethu. Unomlando ongavamile, ngoba walwa nabaseBrithani nabaseDutch, futhi kamuva izibhamu zabiwe yizigebengu futhi zagcwala amanzi ogwini laseMalaysia , kusukela kamuva lapho zathola khona iBrithani. Izakhamuzi zendawo zanike izikhali ngamakhono omlingo futhi zitshele ngakho ngezinganekwane eziningi. Isibonelo, ukuze usheshe ukhulelwe, owesifazane udinga ukubeka izimbali eziseduze futhi afunde umthandazo okhethekile.
Izici zokuvakashelwa
Engxenyeni yenqaba yasendulo kunamamyuziyamu athakazelisayo. Utshela izivakashi ngomlando wenqaba. Kukhona futhi isikhungo sezobuciko nesitolo sesipho esithengisa imikhiqizo yangempela, amamitha namakhadikhadi abonisa inqaba yasekuqaleni.
Eduze kwaseC Cornwallis yindawo epaki encane yedolobha, futhi kusukela ezindongeni ze-citadel inikeza i-panorama emangalisa. Ngamaholidi aseduze nenqaba, imibukiso ehlangene ihlelekile, efaka izivakashi ezenzakalweni zomlando kanye nokuphila kwabakholoni.
Intengo yamathikithi yezivakashi ezingaphezu kweminyaka engu-18 yi-$ 1, futhi yezingane ezisencane, ukungena kukhululekile. Ukuze uthole imali ungaqasha umhlahlandlela. Uhambo luhlala cishe amahora amabili. Kunconywa ukuthi uthathe amanzi okuphuza kanye nezikhwama zekhanda enqabeni.
Ungafika kanjani ku-Cornwallis?
Kusukela maphakathi nePenang kuya enqabeni, izivakashi zizohamba noma zihambe ngomgwaqo uPengkalan Weld, Lebuh Light noJalan Masjid Kapitan Keling. Ibanga liyi-2 km. Ungakwazi futhi ukufika lapha ngebhasi, ene-SAT mark. Bahamba njalo ngehora, futhi uhambo lufika kumaminithi angu-10.