Amakhosi aseNgesi ayaziwa kuwo wonke umhlaba kwiimbali zabo zangekhulu leminyaka kunye ne-Buckingham Palace eLondon, leyo, nangona ivulelekile kubakhenkethi, ihlala kuhlala ku-Elizabeth II. Ngoko ke, ukufumana izikhululo ezisemthethweni, iintlanganiso kunye nemibhiyozo kubanjwe apha, kwaye iindwendwe eziqhelekileyo nazo zinokuthatha inxaxheba kuzo. I-Buckingham Palace inembali ekhangayo kakhulu kunye nezithethe kunye nemikhosi, ukujonga ukuba yiyiphi into ezayo apha.
Kule nqaku, siya kutyhila imfihlelo yento ephakathi kwe-Palace yaseBuckingham kwaye yintoni eyona nto iyimfuneko yokukhusela kwayo.
Imbali ye-Palace yaseBuckingham
Ekuqaleni, xa ngo-1703 I-Buckingham Palace yakhiwa kwindawo yaseWestminster ekhoneni likaSt. James kunye neGreen Park, yayibizwa ngokuba yi "Buckingham House" okanye iBuckingham House kwaye yayingumDuke. Kodwa ngo-1762 iNkosi yaseNgesi uGeorge III yathengela yona umfazi wayo. Ngoko le ndlu yaqala ukuba yindlu yasebukhosini. Izihlandlo eziliqela kwakwakhiwa kwakhona ukulungiswa kunye nokuhlobisa i-facade, kwaye kunye nemisebenzi yobugcisa beziswe apha ukuhlobisa ingaphakathi.
Isimboli samandla asebukhosini iBackingham Palace yayingaphantsi kweNdlovukazi yaseVictoria, eyayilawula iminyaka engaphezu kwe-60 kwaye yatyala kuye amandla amaninzi kunye nezibonelelo. Ukumhlonela kwakhe egcekeni sisikhumbuzo.
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Ukutyelela "iNdlovukazi yeNdlu" akudingeki ukuba uthenge isikhokelo, unokubuza umntu odlulayo, njengokuba nawuphi na ohlala eLondon uyazi apho ukhona, kwaye uya kukwazi ukuchaza indlela yokufikelela kwiBlake yaseBuckingham.
Ukuhlobisa kwangaphakathi kwe-Buckingham Palace
Kubakhenkethi abaza kubona i-Buckingham Palace, kuhlala kunomdla kakhulu ukufumanisa ukuba mangaphi amagumbi akhona kuzo zonke, nendlela abajonga ngayo.
Ukususela ngo-1993, kuye kwaba nakho ukubona konke oko kwamehlo am, ekubeni iwarhe yayivulelekile kwiindwendwe.
Kuzo zonke iiklasi ezingama-755 ebhotwe, abakhenkethi banokubona ezi zilandelayo:
1. Iindawo zokuhlala zenzelwe ukufumana izikhululo ezisemthethweni kwaye ziquka:
- Igumbi lokuhlala eliluhlaza - igumbi apho iindwendwe ezimenywe zivela kubaokumkani. Iqulethe: ifenitshala enhle kakhulu yobugcisa, iqokelelo yeemifanekiso kunye nezinto eziphathekayo zefenitshala (iwashi, iivases, i-candelabra)
- kwigumbi letrone - indawo apho iibhola kunye nokuthatha inxaxheba kwintsapho yasebukhosini zenzeka;
- igalari yezithombe - ukubonakaliswa kwayo epheleleyo malunga neengubo ezingama-50 zepeyinti yeFlemish kunye neDatshi. Kubhekwa njengona mkhulu kunabo bonke kwibhotwe: ubude buba malunga neekhilomitha ezingama-50, kwaye ububanzi buyi-8 mitha.
- igumbi lokudlela egumbini elenzelwe abantu abangama-60. Kwiindonga zayo ungabona imifanekiso yookumkani ababusa iNgilani, beqala uGeorge IV.
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2. Igumbi lokuhlala elimhlophe liyigumbi lokugqibela elivulekileyo lokuhlola. Zonke izinto ezikuyo zenziwe ngeetoni ezimhlophe-zegolide.
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3. I-Royal Gallery - apho yabonisa ezinye zezobugcisa (ngokuqhelekileyo malunga nama-450 emiboniso) kwi-Royal Collection. Igalari itholakala kwicala lesentshona yebhotwe, kufuphi ne-chapel.
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Ezinyangeni xa ukumkanikazi ephuma kwibhotwe, cishe onke amagumbi akhe avulelekile kwiindwendwe. Kwaye, ke, abakhenkethi banokuhamba malunga phantse kwipaki.
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Ngubani ogcina i-Buckingham Palace?
Ukongeza kwindumiso yangaphakathi, iindwendwe kwiBattleham Palace zinomdla kulo mkhosi wokutshintsha umlindi esangweni lakhe, ephethe iCandelo leNkundla, equlethwe ngabalandeli beeGadi kunye neRoyal Horse Regiment. Oku kwenzeka ngo-11.30 ngemini ukususela ngo-Ephreli ukuya ku-Agasti nangomhla kamva kwezinye iinyanga.
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