Kwimbali yase-UK kukho ezininzi iziqephu ezikwazi ukugcinwa kwilitye, okanye kunoko - kwizakhiwo zokwakha. I-London White Tower okanye iNqaba ("iNqaba" ngesiNgesi kwaye iguqulelwe ngokuthi "inqaba") yilezo zixhobo kwaye zibhekiselele. Ukongezelela, esi sakhiwo sikhulu sele sisinye seempawu zaseBrithani, ngoko umdla weendwendwe zobukumkani awuyeki. Inqaba yase-Fortress eLondon nayo enye yezona zakhiwo ezindala. Ukuze uqonde oko iNqaba yaseLondon idume ngayo, kuyafaneleka ukwenza ukhenketho olufutshane kwimbali yalo, kubalwa malunga neenkulungwane ezilishumi.
Imbali yinqaba yamandulo
Masiqale ngeNkundla yaseLondon yasungulwa. Ngokutsho kwamaxwebhu ahleliyo, ukubekwa kwesi sakhiwo sokuzivikela kwenziwa kwimiyalelo kaWilhelm I ngo-1078. Umlawuli, owodwa owawunqoba iNgilani, wayeyicinga ukuba wakhe umsebenzi wokwakha inqaba eyayiyoyikrokra ama-Anglo-Saxon kunye nolunye uhlobo lwayo. Kwiziko leenqaba zokhuni kubonakala ubukhulu becala (32x36x30 mitha) ukwakhiwa kwelitye eliqiniweyo, elidweliswe ngeqhenqa. Yingakho wayebizwa ngokuba ngu-White Tower.
Emva koko, ubungakanani benqaba babuyonyuka ngokwakhiwa kweendonga ezinamandla kunye neendonga ezininzi, ezakhiwa phantsi kukaKumkani uRichard "Lionheart". Kwakhona kwakukho umjelo okhuselekileyo. Ukuba sithetha malunga nabani owakhiwe iNqaba yaseLondon eLondon, uWilliam I noKumkani uRichard bangabamba isitifiketi somsunguli, njengoko zombini imizamo yabo yajika isakhiwo sibe enye yezinto ezingenakunakwenzeka kwiYurophu.
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Indawo ye-White Tower
Imbali yeNqaba yaseLondon ibandakanyeke kwiimeko ezimbi eziye zenzeke apha ukususela ngo-1190. Kwavela kulo mzuzwana kwinqanaba leNqabeni yeNqaba yasebenza njengentolongo. Kodwa amabanjwa apha ayengenalo ilula. I-Tower yayigcinwa ngabantu abahloniphekileyo ababeye bahlazeka, abagqwetha abaphezulu, phakathi kwabo babekho ookumkani kunye namalungu abo. Isiphetho singapheli inyanga eziliqela, kunye neminyaka emininzi. Izigwebo apha, nazo, zazingavamile. Kwiindonga zenkqantosi, ookumkani abaninzi, iinkosana kunye nezikhulu eziphezulu zigqibile uhambo lwabo. Iibanjwa ezantsi ezisezantsi ziye zahlulwa kwiNqaba yeNqabayolo, eyayixhaswa kufuphi nenqaba. Lo mboniso ukhange abantu abaninzi. Iintloko zeentolongo ezibethekileyo, zibeka kwisibonda, emva kokuba zikhusele abantu beedolophu, ekubeni bebekwe kwiLondon yaseLondon. Amagumbi angcwatywa kwiindawo zokugcina eziphantsi komhlaba. Ngokweembali-mlando, malunga nabantu abayi-1,500 bangcwatywa kwiNqaba.
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Kodwa kukho enye indawo eya kwiNqaba yaseLondon. Lapha kwi-XIII inkulungwane kwakukho i-zoo. Abemi bokuqala be-zoo babezingwe ezintathu, indlovu kunye nebhere le-polar. Ezi zilwanyana zafunyanwa ookumkani njengezipho. Kamva iqoqo landisiwe, sele liye ngo-1830 bonke abemi bashukunyiselwa kwi-Regent's Park. Kwaye i-White Tower yaba yisebe lempahla yasebukhosini. Apha, iingalo zomkhosi wasebukhosini zenziwe kwaye zigcinwa.
Ukubulawa kwaphela phantsi koKumkani uCharles II. Kodwa sele sebudeni beMfazwe Yehlabathi yesiBili abantu baqala ukufa kwakhona. Badutshulwa, batyholwa ngobugqwetha okanye uhlaselo. Kwaye ngo-1952 i-White Tower yashiya isikhundla sayo sejele.
Imeko yangoku
Namhlanje, indawo apho iNqabayolo ikhona khona ishishini kunye nekhenketho yaseLondon . Kwinqaba ngokwayo isebenza kwimyuziyam, kodwa injongo yayo ephambili kukukhusela ubutyebi baseBrithani. Abakhenkethi abagqithisi ummandla obalaseleyo, benandipha indawo eneendonga ezinamandla, iifestile ezibaziweyo kunye nemivalo. Ukhangeleliso olukhangayo kunye nabalindi bendlu, balinde inqaba, nempahla yamagqatsundu amnyama. Bayixabisa kwaye banomdla apha, ngenxa yokuba umlenze weNqaba yaseLondon usitshela ukuba kunye nokusabalalisa kwezi ntaka, iintlekele ziya kuhlaselwa kwisixeko.
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