- Idilesi: Famagusta, eCyprus
- Ubukhulu ngaphezu kweqondo lolwandle: 630 m
Engxenyeni esenyakatho yeKyprus , kwindawo ephakamileyo yeNtaba yaseKyrenia iMassif yinqaba yaseKantara yasendulo. Namhlanje indawo enhle apho unokuzonwabisa khona indawo ehle kakhulu. Ukusuka phezulu kwinqaba uza kubona malunga nantla yonke inyakatho yaseCyprus kunye neendawo ezintle zolwandle. Ukubonwa kwezinto akuyi kuthatha ixesha elide, ngoko qiniseka ukuyivakashela.
Imbali yeNqaba yeKantara
Inqabileyo yeKantara Castle yakhiwa ngekhulini leshumi ngabakhi beByzantine. Emva koko, ukukhusela izixeko ekuhlaselweni kwama-Arabhu kunye nokulandelwa kweendlela ezinkulu zorhwebo. Inqaba yakhiwa kwisayithi yezindwendwe ze-All-Holy Kantar Unina kaThixo-oku kukukhumbuza i-chapel egcinwe phezulu.
Ngo-1191, isiqithi saseKyprus sabanjwa nguKumkani uRichard i-Lionheart kunye nokuqandwa kukaCantar yaba yindawo yokukhusela i-Byzantine engumdlali ongu-Isaac Comnenus. Ngo-1228 inqaba yonakaliswa kakubi yizenzo zokungqingwa kweLombards kwaye yavuselelwa kwakhona. Kodwa, njengoko engazange athathe intsingiselo yakhe yokuqala, iinduna zendawo zagqiba ukwenza ijele apha.
Inqaba yaseKantara ngexesha lethu
Ukunyuka phezulu kwinqaba, unokubukela umbono oqaqambileyo weSixeko seNigagusta neNicosia . Kwimozulu elungileyo ungabona neentaba zaseTurkey.
Igama elithi "kantar" liguqulelwe ngokuthi "u-arch", into eninzi kwimimandla yesakhiwo. Kumacala omabini enqaba kukho iindonga ezinkulu zamatye. Ukuhamba ngendawo yokukhusela, uza kubona ezininzi zokugcina amanzi, iinqampu zamandulo, iiseli zokujezisa kunye neendawo zokugweba.
Ingqikithi kukho amagumbi angama-100 kwinqaba yaseKantara. Le ndlela yokugqibela iphezulu kwinqaba. Kukho izigwebi eziyingozi kakhulu ezigwetyelwe ukufa. Kukho iingcamango ezininzi malunga nezihostela ezinokutshitshisa kule gumbi. Nangona amabali amnandi, eli gumbi liyona ndawo ephakamileyo yesakhiwo kwaye kukho kuyo iindawo ezivuyayo ezivulekileyo, abatyeleli abaninzi beza kule ndawo.
Ndingafika njani?
Uthutho loluntu ukuya kwinqaba yaseKantara alukwazi ukufikelela. Ukwenza oku, udinga imoto ( unokuyiqashisa ) okanye ibhayisekile. Inqaba ihlala kufuphi ne-peninsula yeKarpas, 33 km ukusuka kwiNzara. Ngeenyawo zeenduli uya kubona umqondiso omncinci, oza kubonisa indlela ehambileyo entabeni yentaba ukuya kwinqaba yaseKantara.
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