Eyaziwa ngokuba "yinqaba yamakhosikazi" kunye "nenqaba enkulu yothando emhlabeni"
Ekhaya ukuya kumakhosikazi nookumkani baseNgilani kunye ne-American millionairess kunye nabahlobo be-movie-star, i-Leeds Castle ibemi iminyaka emininzi eMaidstone, Kent. Namhlanje iNqaba yeLeeds ivulelekile kuluntu, ngubani owamkelekileyo ukutyelela amakamelo ayo abuyiselwe kunye namahektare angama-500.
Beka entlameni yoMlambo uLen entliziyweni yelizwe laseNgesi, iNqaba yeLeeds yindawo enothando. Iqonga ngokwayo, elijikelezwe lifu, liyingcingo yobungcali, i-antiques kunye nembali.
Umlando weLeeds Castle uquka ulwalamano kunye nentlonelo, ingxabano kunye nobukhulu. Nangona u-Edward I, u-Edward III, uRichard II, no-Henry V bonke bebenkundla enkundleni yaseLeeds Castle, bekude kwaziwa ngokuba yi-ladies 'castle.
Leeds aka iLadies 'Castle
Ukususela ngo-1278 ukuya ku-1552, kwakuqhelekileyo ukuba inqaba ibe yinxalenye yodolovakazi kwaye igcinwe ngexesha lohlolokazi. U-Elizabeth Isabella, u-Anne waseBohemia, noJoan waseNararre bonke babehlala eLeeds Castle.
I-Queen's Bedroom kunye neKhabhinethi yaseLeeds Castle yenziwe ngamagumbi asetshenziswe nguCatherine de Valois [1401 - 1437], umfazi kaHenry V, owahlala eLeeds Castle ngezihlandlo ezininzi. Wenziwe nguye evela eFransi njengomtshakazi osemtsha, wazalwa ngumhlolokazi oneminyaka engama-22. Xa umcimbi ofihlakeleyo kunye nomninimzi u-Owen Tudor ubonakaliswe kwiminyaka eyalandela, ukukhwabanisa kwavela. Nangona kunjalo, bobabini babenonyana abane, omnye wabo wazala uKumkani uHenry VII.
UHenry VIII, mhlawumbi owaziwayo kunabo bonke abanikazi bamakhosi, wayejongene nenkazimulo enkulu yeLeeds Castle.
Wasebenzisa ngokugqithiseleyo ukuguqulwa kwinqaba enqabeni enqabileyo ukuya kwikhotwe yobukhosi. IHenry VIII yoBhisholo iHolo inobungqina bolu lungiso, kwaye igcina izinto ezinokuthandana ukusuka ngo-1517.
UMnumzane Baillie Uthenga iNqaba yeLeeds
Umnini wokugqibela weLeeds Castle, uBaillie uBaillie wayengumdlali wase-America ozalelwa kwi-Fortune.
Wathenga i-castle ngo-1926 nge $ 873,000, ebetha uRololph Hearst, iphephandaba le-tycoon, njengomthengi ophezulu.
UBaillie uzinikezele ubomi bakhe bonke ukubuyisela indlu yaseNorman kunye nepaki ejikelezayo ejikelezile. Yaye yazisa u-Hollywood ubuhle kwiindawo ezikuzo. I-hostess community, iindwendwe zikaBeil Baillie zaziquka uJimmy Stewart, u-Errol Flynn kunye noCharlie Chaplin.
Xa u-Lady Baillie efa ngo-1974, washiya iLeeds Castle kwizinto ezithembekileyo ezithembisa ukuzinyamekela uluntu kunye nokukhuthaza inkundla yokutshata kunye neemfundo zelizwe nakwamanye amazwe.
Ukuhlola iNqaba yeLeeds
Ukongeza kwinqaba ngokwayo, iindwendwe eziya kwiLeeds nazo ziyakwazi:
- I-Maze - Ehlwayelwe ngemithi engu-2,400 ngo-1988, i-Maze eLeeds Castle ilukhusela iindwendwe ukuze ifikelele kwindawo ye-panoramic viewing point. (Asikho isidingo sokwesaba ukulahleka; abasebenzi abaphakanyiswe phezulu bakunceda ukukhokela ulwalathiso-abangenakunqununu kule nqwawa yezobugcisa.)
- I-Aviary - Iintlobo ezingaphezu kwe-100 zeentaka ezingabonakaliyo ezinemibala eziquka i-macaws, i-cockatoos kunye ne-toucans zihlala kwi-aviary yangaphandle.
- I-Museum Collar Museum - Ngokuqinisekileyo enye yezona qoqo eziqhelekileyo ezingabonakaliyo, iMark Collar Museum ibonisa iikholeji ezili-100 ze-antique ezineminyaka eyi-500. Iikholeji ezinxulumene nekhulu le-15, 16 nele-17 zenzelwe ukukhusela inja ngelixa izimpisi, iibhere, kunye neebhokhwe zasendle zazulazula amahlathi aseYurophu kunye neengxube ezikhuselekileyo zezinja zokuzingela zazifuna ukukhuselwa kunye neentsimbi ezininzi zentsimbi ezixhamle . I-Dog Collar Museum ihlala neendwendwe ezincinci zesipho saseLeeds Castle.
- I-Garden Culpeper - Lo myezo weNgesi ongeyinto engabonakaliyo ibonakalisa ibhokisi elungileyo elidibanisa iindawo zokuhlala ezimibalabala kunye neminyaka ecocekileyo enjenge-roses, i-pinks, i-lupins kunye ne-poppies.
- Irestyu - Iibhotile ezingaphezu kwe-8 000 zewayini ziveliswa ngamnye ngonyaka ukusuka kwisidiliya sendonga. I-Winning Leeds Castle iwayini idayiswa kuphela kwivenkile yokutya kunye neevenkile.
Imibhangqwana eLeeds Castle
I-Castle yaseLeeds inikeza izibini ezine ezikhethileyo kunye neembali zomtshato womtshato we-fairytale: iThala leencwadi, iGumbi lokudlela, Isango leNdlu, kunye neTerrace. Ukongezelela ekukhethweni kweendawo zokufumana imitshato yomtshato ezifanelekileyo kwimibutho kunye nemihlangano encinci, inqaba ineamakamelo angama-37 atholakalayo kwabasanda kutshata kunye neendwendwe zabo zokuhlala.
Iinkonzo zomtshato zeLeeds Castle zibandakanya i-butler, intlanzi yokucwangciswa yi-castle, kunye newayini kunye ne-champagnes ukusuka kwinqanaba eliseNorman.
Ukuya kwiNqaba yeLeeds kwiSityambo>
Nangona ama-500,000 abavakhenkethi bahamba baya kwiLeeds Castle minyaka yonke, abo bahamba ngesitayela bathatha iVenice YaseMpumalanga Yase-Simplon-Express-Express eBritman Pullman uhambo lweentsuku oluphuma eLondon.Intlanganiso ngo-9: 30 ekuseni kwisikhululo sesitimela saseVictoria, iqela elincinci likhokelwa ngumkhokeli onolwazi othabatha nge-coach kwi-castle.
Endleleni, abagibeli bayakujabulela ukukhwela xa bexela kwilizwe laseNgesi.
Abo bahamba entwasahlobo banokubona amawundlu asandul 'ukuzalwa ahamba kunye neenqanawa zawo ngotshani oluhlaza.
Nangona ezinye iindwendwe kufuneka zifake umgama ukusuka kwinqaba, i-East-Express i-motorcoach idonsa ngasemnyango kwaye ihlala ipakwe khona kude kube sekuhambeni.
Ekufikeni, iindwendwe ze-Orient-Express ziphathwa kwiprogram ecoliweyo kunye nekhofi okanye itiye kwivenkile yokudlela yaseLeeds kwaye inikezwa incwadana enkumbulo. Baneeyure ezingaphezu kweeyure ezimbini ukuba bahlolisise i-castle kunye nezizathu, ixesha elaneleyo. (Ikhamera kufuneka.)
Emva koko kubuya kwibhasi, ukukhwela kwi-Harvest Folkestone Harbor, apho iBritish Pullman ilindele khona. Ngomhla ocacileyo, iindawo ezimhlophe zeDover zibonakala kwi-harbor.
Intsantya yesibini yosuku, emva kokufumana iNqaba yeLeeds, ibhalela umlando waseBritish Pullman. Ukusuka kumbhobho obunokubuyiselwa obukhulu kunye no-1920 okanye i-30s yokuhamba, abagibeli banandipha isidlo sasemini esihamba kunye ne-champagne kunye newayini njengoko ilizwe laseBrithani libonakala kwiwindow.
Ngokukhawuleza, isitimela sibuyela kwiqela laseLondon ngo-5 ntambama, sishiya abagibeli ngeenkumbulo ezingenakulibaleka zeenqaba zothando kakhulu zehlabathi - kunye nohambo oluhle kakhulu ukusuka kuyo.