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- Unyaka wesiseko: 1799
Isiqithi saseMalaysia sasePenang sidume ngokuba yingxenye yekoloniyali - iGeorgetown . Lona ukhange umdla wokutyelela umdlalo we-Fort Cornwallis (Fort Cornwallis).
Ulwazi jikelele
ICitadel yaqala ukubeka phantsi kobunkokheli beBritish Francis Light kwiphonkalanga lwasempuma yelizwe ngo-1786, kwaye yagqitywa ngo-1799.
Injongo ephambili yenkqantosi yayikukunikwa ukhuseleko kwisiqithi kwaye ikhusele umda wonxweme. Ekuqaleni ukwakha iConwallis yanquma kwimicundu. Ngale ndlela, ihlathi lacinywa ngokukhawuleza ekwakheni inqaba.
Abahlali abazange bajonge ukunceda abakoloniyali, kwaye abaseBrithani babengenazo izandla. UFrancis Light wayala ukuba alayishe isihlunu ngeemali zesilivere kwaye adulele ehlathini. Esi sizathu siqinisekisile ama-Aborigines, kwaye isayithi yayilungele ukwakhiwa kwiinyanga ezi-2.
Ngekhulu le-XIX, zonke izakhiwo, kunye nomthi womthi, zazijikelezwe ngamatye kunye netitena. Abasebenzi kwisakhiwo babancediswa ngamabanjwa asejele. Igama lalo langoku linikezelwa kwinqaba ngokuhlonipha uCharles Cornwallis. Wayengumthetheli-ntloko yamabutho aseBrithani eIndiya kunye noburhulumente jikelele kwi-East India Inkampani.
Kuyo yonke imbali yayo, i-citadel ayizange isetyenziswe kwimisebenzi yempi. Yaba yindawo yokulawula yabakholoni baseBrithani abahlala kwisiqithi. Kwintsimi yaseConwallis, kwakhiwa isahlulo samaKristu, zonke iziqithi ezikholelwayo ziyivakatye.
Inqaba okwangoku
Namhlanje inqaba yindawo ephawulekayo. Ngexesha lokutyelela uya kubona ezi zakhiwo zangaphambili njenge:
- Iidonki zangexesha eliphakathi, zinyuka kwiindonga ezine-mitha zenkqantosi;
- izixhobo zeempahla;
- iindawo zokuhlala;
- kwintlanganiso;
- indlu yokukhanya.
Kwiminyaka eyi-20 ye-XX leminyaka, i-moat yazaliswa ngamanzi (ububanzi bayo buyi-9 m, kwaye ububanzi bufikelela kwi-2 m), ejikeleze i-Cornwallis. Isizathu esibalulekileyo solu nyathelo kwakuqhambuka i-malaria kule ndawo.
Kodwa ikhonkco yethusi (enye leyo eyadubula ngayo imali ye-F. F. Light) ifinyelele kwiintsuku zethu. Inembali engavamile, kuba yayilwa yiBrithani kunye nesiDatshi, kwaye kamva izibhamu zabiwe yiziqhumane zaza zakhukula emanxwemeni aseMalaysia , apho yakufumana khona iBritish. Abemi beeNgingqi banike izixhobo ngezixhobo zobugqi kwaye baxelele ngeengcamango ezahlukeneyo. Umzekelo, ukwenzela ukuba ukhulelwe ngokukhawuleza, umfazi ufuna ukubeka iintlobo zeentyatyambo ezikufutshane kwaye ufunde umthandazo okhethekileyo.
Izinto zokutyelela
Kwintsimi yenkqantosi yamandulo kukho iminyuziyamu enomdla. Uxelela iindwendwe ngembali ye-fort. Kukho nakwiziko lezobugcisa kunye nesitolo sesipho esithengisa iimveliso zangaphambili, iimakethi kunye neepastadi ezibonisa inqaba yasekuqaleni.
Kufuphi naseCalwallis yipaki encinane yedolophu, kwaye ukusuka kwiindonga ze-citadel kunika i-panorama emangalisayo. Ngeeholide ezikufuphi kwinqaba, imibukiso edibeneyo iququzelelwe, eyenza iindwendwe kwiziganeko zembali kunye nobomi beenkoloniyali.
Intengo yetikiti yabavakhenkethi abaneminyaka engama-18 yi-$ 1, kunye nakwishumi elivisayo, ukungena kukhululekile. Umrhumo ungaqesha umkhokelo. Uhambo luhlala malunga neeyure ezingama-2. Kunconywa ukuba uthathe amanzi atywalayo kunye neentloko zokukhwela kwinqaba.
Indlela yokufikelela eK Cornwallis?
Ukusuka kwisibini sePenang ukuya kwinqaba, abakhenkethi baya kuhamba okanye baqhube ngeendlela ezisePengkalan Weld, iLebuh Light kunye neJalan Masjid Kapitan Keling. Umgama ngowama-2 km. Unokufika apha ngebhasi, ene-SAT mark. Bahamba nganye iyure, kwaye uhambo luya kumzuzu eyi-10.