I-Verdala


Engxenyeni eseningizimu-entshonalanga yesiqhingi saseMalta edolobheni laseDinzli yindlu kaVerdal, ebizwa ngokuthi yiNkosi enkulu yaseMalta, uHugo Luben de Verdal. Ingcwatshwa endaweni enemibala yaseBusquette Gardens, okuyihlathi lemvelo lesifunda. Isigodlo saseVerdal sivaliwe emphakathini, okuwukuphela kweBhola leNyanga ka-Agasti, uma umuntu ehambela inqaba.

Umlando wenqaba

Ukwakhiwa kwesihlalo sobukhosi kwaqala ngo-1582 ngomyalelo we-Grand Master futhi kwaqedwa iminyaka emine kamuva. Iphrojekthi yokwakhiwa yakhiwa nguGirolamo Cassar futhi ithatha indawo yezinto ezikhangayo kwenye yezingxenye zehlathi leBuskett, okuyinto ama-knights asetshenziselwa ukuzingela.

Emakhulwini eminyaka kamuva, iMalta yaqala ukubuswa amaFulentshi, bese kuthiwa yiNgisi, lo wesilisa wahlela ijele esakhiweni, esineziboshwa zempi ezivela eFrance. Kamuva, abaseBrithani babekwe esigodlweni ifoni eyenziwa ekukhiqizeni isilikhi, eyaqhubeka isikhathi esifushane futhi yabhujiswa. Isigodlo saseVerdal ngokwabo saba yincithakalo, izindonga zaqala ukuwa, isimo saphangwa. Phakathi nekhulu le-XIX, umsebenzi wokubuyiselwa waqala, owaqeda ngo-1858 ngokuvulwa kwezindlu zasehlobo zababusi baseBrithani.

Phakathi neMpi Yezwe Yesibili, isakhiwo segodlo sasiyisigodlo semisebenzi yobuciko esivela ezingxenyeni ezahlukene zesiqhingi. Ngo-1982 isigodlo saseVerdal saphinda sakhiwa kabusha futhi sisetshenziselwa iziphathimandla zikamasipala njengehhotela lapho izivakashi zahlala khona. Ngo-1987, lesi sakhiwo sinqunywe ukuba senze imisebenzi yesimanje, ngoba isebenza njengesikhulu esiphezulu sehlobo likaMongameli wezwe futhi akunakwenzeka ukungena esigodlweni sezakhamuzi ezivamile.

Architecture kanye nomhlobiso wangaphakathi

Isigodlo saseVerdal asikwazi ukubizwa ngokuthi isakhiwo esihle, ngoba silula. Esimweni, isakhiwo sifana nesigcawu, emagumbini ombhoshongo owakhiwa ngawo umbhoshongo, oklanyelwe ukuvikela inqabeni, kodwa empeleni ayinayo into ebalulekile. Imibhoshongo ihlukaniswe yaba amahholo amancane, enye yawo igcina igumbi lokuhlukunyezwa phakathi nesikhathi sama-knights aseMalta. I-Verdala yenzelwe ngendlela yokuthi kuyo yonke ilanga ilanga ilanga emahholo alo.

Uphahleni lwesakhiwo lubukeka njengesikhulumi sokubuka, esivula imibono ye-panoramic yesiqhingi nolwandle. I-perimeter ikhiqizwe i-moat eyomile. Emnyango omkhulu kukhona umkhonto we-Grand Master de Verdal, owenziwe ngemabula. Uma singena ngaphakathi, sizithola sisekhaya, lapho ungaya khona ehholo elisebenza njengegumbi lokudlela. Ukwakhiwa kwekamelo kufakwe amafrescoe avela lapha, mhlawumbe ngasekupheleni kwekhulu le-16. Ngakwesobunxele nangakwesokudla ekamelweni lokudlela kunezigumbini ezikwele, kwenye yazo kunezitebhisi eziholela esitezi sesibili, eyakhiwa kamuva futhi iqukethe izakhi zesitayela samaBaroque: ama-balconi, imigwaqo, amakholomu. Iphansi kwelinye ikamelo lihlotshiswe ngamatheksidi, eliqoshwe iziboshwa zaseFrance.

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