Abbey waseSt. Nicholas


Naphezu kwegama layo, i-abbey yaseSt. Nicholas Abbey iyaziwa eBarbados, kungekhona njengokwakhiwa kwezenkolo kodwa ezomhlaba. Ayinalo kuphela i-architecture enhle, kodwa nayo ibali elimangalisayo, apho kukho indawo yembali.

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Kucacile ukuba ngo-1650 esi sakhiwo sibonakala njengendawo yokuhlala yangasese, eyayingumnye u-Colonel Beringer. Yonke indawo ejikelezileyo yayinezityalo kunye neendawo zityalo. Kodwa into ephambili apha akuyiyo, kodwa inyaniso yokuba iminyaka engama-11 emva kokumiswa kwesakhiwo eso umnikazi wayo wabulawa. Abahlali basekuhlaleni bakholelwa ukuba iikorori zaseSt. UNicholas Abbey usenomphefumlo wakhe ongapheliyo. Inyaniso yiyo okanye enye into eqhelekileyo yokutsala abakhenkethi, kodwa ngonyaka unamakhulu amawaka abantu abafuna ukubuza.

Kuyathakazelisa ukuba kude kube ngoku le ndlu ephakamileyo ingasetyenziswanga, kodwa ipropathi yangasese, kodwa enye yeendawo zayo ezintathu ivuleleke kwiindwendwe. Akunakwenzeka ukuba ungakhankanyi ngokukwakhiwa kwe-abbey. Ngaloo ndlela, iminyango ephihliweyo ngumzekelo ocacileyo wezakhiwo zaseDenmark, kodwa isiteji esiphezulu sele seShayina. Ukungena ngaphakathi, into yokuqala ebamba iso lakho akuyiyo ifenitshala endala, eyinto enhle, kodwa iifutha zomlilo kunye nekorali yokuqala. Musa ukungaqapheli ngamacwecwe amade elitye elibaziweyo kunye neenkukuma zekhonkco.

Ukuya kutyelelo, uza kufunda amaqiniso anentsonkothile ebomini babanikazi bangaphambili, kwakunye nokubonisa ifilimu emfutshane ka-1934, ukuvumela ukuba ucinge ukuba i-abbey yayisebenzisa njani. Yaye kungekude neendlu zendlu, kwivenkile yokukhumbula, ungathenga i-rum enomdla kakhulu kunye nezokwelapha, kunye nemveliso eyahlukeneyo evela kwintlobo yeswekile. Kukho neefafesi kufuphi nalapho unako ukuzonwabisa nezidlo zokutya zasekhaya . Malunga namaxabiso, ithikithi elidala libiza ama-40 eBrabados idola, kwaye ithikithi lezingane libiza i-20.

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I-Abbey isempuma yeBarbados , kufuphi ne-wildlife sanctuary. Kukho iibhasi ze-31, 18 ne-45.