I-Kantara Castle


Engxenyeni esenyakatho yeCyprus , endaweni ephakeme kakhulu yezintaba zaseKyrenia Massif yiNqaba yeKantara yasendulo. Namuhla kuyindawo enhle lapho ungajabulela indawo enhle kakhulu. Kusukela phezulu kwenqaba uzobona cishe yonke ingxenye esenyakatho yeCyprus nama-horizons amahle olwandle. Ukubuka kungasithathi isikhathi eside, ngakho-ke qiniseka ukuyivakashela.

Umlando weNqaba yeKantara

Cishe i-Kantara Castle yakhiwa ngekhulu leshumi ngabaakhi baseByzantine. Kwabe sekusiza ukuvikela amadolobha ekuhlaselweni kwama-Arabhu nokulandelela imigwaqo emikhulu yokuhweba. Inqaba yakhiwa esakhiweni sezindlini ze-All-Holy Kantar Umama kaNkulunkulu - lokhu kukukhumbuza isonto eligcinwe phezulu.

Ngo-1191, isiqhingi saseCyprus sabanjwa yiNkosi uRichard the Lionheart kanye nokuqotshwa kweCantar kwaba yisiphephelo se-Byzantine u-Isaac Comnenus. Ngo-1228 inqaba yonakaliswa kabi yizenzo zokuvinjelwa kweLombards futhi yavuselelwa kabusha. Kodwa, njengoba engazange athathe izincazelo zakhe zangempela, izicukuthwane zendawo zanquma ukwenza ijele lapha.

I-Kantara Castle esikhathini sethu

Ukukhuphuka phezulu kwenqabeni, ungabuka umbono oqhakazile wedolobha laseNigagusta neNicosia . Esimo sezulu esihle ungabona ngisho nezintaba zaseTurkey.

Igama elithi "kantar" lihunyushwe ngokuthi "umcibisholo", okuyinto eningi kakhulu ensimini yesakhiwo. Ezingxenyeni zombili zenqaba kukhona imibhoshongo emikhulu emibili. Ukuhamba endaweni yesigodi, uzobona amapayipi amaningi agcinwe amanzi, izindlu zasendulo, amaseli okujezisa nezindawo zokujeziswa kokufa.

Kuphelele kukhona amakamelo angu-100 enqabeni yeKantara. Lesi siphezu sisembhoshongweni ophakeme kakhulu. Kukhona izigebengu eziyingozi kakhulu ezigwetshwa ukufa. Kunezinkolelo eziningi mayelana nezimpumputhe ezingakwethusa kuleli gumbi. Naphezu kwezindaba ezingamanga, leli gumbi liyindawo ephakeme kakhulu esakhiweni futhi kulokhu kuvuleka imihlaba ejabulisayo, izivakashi eziningi ziza kule ndawo.

Ungafika kanjani?

Ukuthutha komphakathi ukuya enqabeni yeKantara ayikwazi ukufinyelelwa. Ukwenza lokhu, udinga imoto ( ungayiqasha ) noma ibhayisikili. Inqaba itholakala eduze nenhlonipho yeKarpas, 33 km ukusuka eFaragusta. Ngaphansi kwezintaba uzothola isibonakaliso esincane, esizokhombisa indlela eya ngqo emathafeni entabeni ukuya enqabeni yaseKantara.