EMontfort Castle

Ngasenyakatho kwa- Israyeli yincithakalo yenkqantosi eyakhiwe ngabakwa-Crusaders. Apha iikhwama zachasana nokuhlaselwa amaninzi kwamaMamluk iminyaka emihlanu, ngokukodwa ngenxa yendawo ekukude yenkqantosi kunye neenqaba ezimbini ezinamandla. Oku kuphela akuzange kubancede abaKhuseli, ngoko ke iNqaba yeMontfort yathathwa yatshatyalaliswa, emva koko ayizange iphinde ibuyiselwe kwaye ihlala ichithekile. Abavakhenkethi banqwenela ukukubona, ukuba baqhelane nembali kwaye bahloniphe iindawo ezintle zendalo.

Ziyiphi iindawo ezibhubisayo zokuvakasha?

I-Montfort Castle (i-Israel) i-35 km ukusuka kwisixeko saseHaifa kunye ne-16 km ukusuka kumda we-Israel kunye neLebanon. Ukususela ngo-1231 ukuya ku-1270 kwakukuhlala kwabanamakhosi abakhulu be-Teutonic Order. Intsimi eyakhelwe kuyo, yahlulwa ngexesha loKhuselo lokuqala kwaye lanikwa intsapho yakwaDe-Milli.

Kungekudala ilizwe lathengiswa kwi-Teutonic Order, eyakha indlu enamandla kuyo. Kwabizwa ngokuba yiStarkenberg. Ifa labanikazi bexesha langaphambili laphinde lavuselelwa kwaye lajika libe yikomkhulu lamaKlaseli. I-Nondyebo kunye ne-archive ye-Teutonic Order yathunyelwa apha. Xa ngo-1266 i-castle yahlaselwa yiSultan Baybars, iinqaba zalwa nokuhlaselwa.

Kwiminyaka emihlanu kamva amaMamluk abuya. Inzame yesibini ukuthatha inqaba yayiyimpumelelo. Oku kwaququzelelwa kukutshatyalaliswa kwodonga olusezantsi. Ukuqaphela ukutshatyalaliswa, abaMnqophiso beNkqantosi banikela indlu yaseMontfort ngenjongo yokuba bayishiye kunye ne-treasury kunye ne-archive.

Nangona ixesha kunye neemeko zomoya zonakalisa umonakalo omkhulu ekwakheni, ezinye zeengxenye zawo zagcinwa kwimeko efanelekileyo okanye engaphantsi. Umzekelo, ukungena kwinqaba, iindawo zokuhlala zodonga olukhuselekileyo lwangaphandle. Ukuhamba kunye namatye, unokubona iindawo ezinxuwa zomoya.

Inqaba yaseMontfort ivulekele abavakhenkethi iiyure ezingama-24 ngosuku iintsuku ezisixhenxe ngeveki. Ukubonwa kwemali akuhlawulwanga. Ukutyelela amanxiwa akufanelekanga kuphela ngezizathu zophando, kodwa nangenxa yokuba unikezela ngembono emangalisayo yeGalile eliphezulu.

Ndingafika njani?

Unako ukufikelela kwiinqaba ngeenyawo okanye ngebhasi. Indlela yokuqala kukufumana indlela ehamba phambili ukusuka kwidolophana yaseMilia. Kuyo kufuneka uhambe ngqo kwindawo yokupaka eMitpepe Hila, ukusuka kuyo kufuneka uhambe ngendlela ebomvu.

Ukuze uhambe kangangoko, ungaza nombolo ye-899, emva kwesigxina phakathi kwe-11 ne-12 km. Indlela ikhokela kwiplatifomu yokujonga, ukusuka kuyo ivula imbono emangalisayo yinqaba yaseMontfort.