Emlandweni we-UK kuneziqephu eziningi ezikwazi ukugcinwa etsheni, noma kunalokho - ezakhiweni zokwakha. I-London White Tower noma iNqabayokulinda ("Tower" ngesiNgisi futhi ihunyushwe ngokuthi "umbhoshongo") yizikhungo ezinjalo futhi zibhekisela. Ngaphezu kwalokho, lesi sakhiwo esihloniphekile sekuyisikhathi eside sesinye sezibonakaliso zaseBrithani, ngakho-ke isithakazelo sezivakashi zombuso asiyeki. I-Fortress Tower eLondon nayo ingenye yezakhiwo ezindala kakhulu. Ukuze uzwisise ukuthi iNqaba yaseLondon idume ngani, kuyakudingeka ukuba wenze uhambo olufushane emlandweni walo, lubalwe cishe iminyaka engamakhulu amabili.
Umlando wenqaba yasendulo
Ake siqale lapho uMbhoshongo waseLondon wasungulwa. Ngokwezincwadi ezisekhona, ukufakwa kwalesi sakhiwo sokuzivikela kwenziwa nge-oda likaWilhelm I ngo-1078. Umbusi, owawunqoba i-England kuphela, wayebheka njengesibopho sakhe ukwakha inqaba eyayingabethusa ama-Anglo-Saxons ngolunye uhlobo lwawo. Esakhiweni senqaba yamapulangwe kwavela ubukhulu obukhulu (ukwakhiwa kwamatshe angama-32x36x30) wetshe eliqinile, elidwetshwe nge-lime. Yingakho ebizwa nge-White Tower.
Ngokulandelayo, ubukhulu bensimbi banda ngokwakhiwa kwamadonga amakhulu enqaba nezinqaba ezimbalwa, ezakhiwe ngaphansi kweNkosi uRichard "Lionheart". Kwakukhona nomgodla ojulile wokuzivikela. Uma sikhuluma ngokuthi ngubani owakhile uMbhoshongo waseLondon eLondon, uWilliam I noKing Richard bangabamba igama lomsunguli, njengoba imizamo yabo yombili yaba yinto engenakwenzeka kakhulu eYurophu.
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Indawo ye-White Tower
Umlando woMbhoshongo waseLondon ugcwele izenzakalo ezimbi ezenzeke lapha kusukela ngo-1190. Kwakusukela kulo mzuzu lapho uMbhoshongo WaseNqabayokulinda usebenza njengejele. Kodwa iziboshwa lapha zazingenalo ezilula. Umbhoshongo wawulondolozwe yizicukuthwane ezaziye zahlazeka, abahlukumezi abaphezulu, phakathi kwabo kwakungamakhosi namalungu amadala. Isiphetho singahlala izinyanga ezimbalwa, futhi iminyaka eyishumi nambili. Ukubulawa lapha futhi, kwakungavamile. Emadongeni enqaba, amakhosi amaningi, izikhulu kanye nezikhulu eziphezulu ziqedile uhambo lwabo. Iziboshwa ezisezingeni eliphansi zihlaselwe eNtabeni Hill, eyasondela eduze nenqaba. Lesi sibonakaliso sasiheha abantu abaningi. Izinhloko zeziboshwa ezibulewe, ziboshwe esigxotsheni, ngemuva kokuthi zivimbele abantu basekhaya, njengoba zafakwa eLondon Bridge. Izidumbu zazingcwatshwa ezindlini ezijulile ngaphansi kwesonto. Ngokwezazi-mlando, abantu abangaba ngu-1 500 bangcwatshwa eMbhoshongweni.
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Kodwa kwakukhona enye indawo eya eMbhoshongweni waseLondon. Lapha ngekhulu le-XIII kwakukhona i-zoo. Izakhamuzi zokuqala zezoo zaziyizingwe ezintathu, indlovu kanye nebhere le-polar. Lezi zilwane zamukelwa ngamakhosi njengezipho. Kamuva iqoqo landa, kakade ngo-1830 bonke abakhileyo basuswa eRentent's Park. Futhi i-White Tower yaba umnyango we-mint royal. Lapha, izingalo zebutho lasebukhosini nazo zakhiwa futhi zigcinwa.
Ukubulawa kwaphela ngaphansi kweNkosi Charles II. Kodwa kakade phakathi neMpi Yezwe Yesibili abantu baqala ukufa futhi. Badutshulwa, basolwa ngokuba yizinhloli noma ukuhlubuka. Futhi ngo-1952 i-White Tower yalahlekelwa isikhundla sayo sejele.
Isimo samanje
Namuhla, indawo lapho uMbhoshongo utholakala khona uyisikhungo sebhizinisi kanye nezivakashi eLondon . In the castle ngokwayo isebenza Museum, kodwa injongo yayo enkulu ukuvikela ingcebo eBrithani. Abavakatjhi abadluli umtlolo wokumaketha, bajabulele indawo yeendonga ezinamandla, amafasitela aqoshiwe nemishayo. Ukubukeka okuhlaba umxhwele kakhulu nabalindi besigodlo, balindile umbhoshongo, nemihlambi yamagundane amnyama. Bathandwa futhi banakwa lapha, ngoba umlando we-crow of the Tower yaseLondon usitshela ukuthi kanye nokunyamalala kwalezi zinyoni, izinhlekelele zizowela edolobheni.
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