I-Versailles edumileyo (iFransi) idolophana encinane eneekhilomitha ezingama-24 ukusuka eParis . Ekuqaleni, uLouis XIII wakhetha lo mmandla ukwakhiwa kwinqaba elincinci lokuzingela. Yayilapha apho ukumkani waseFransi wayeceba ukuzonwabisa nokuzonwabisa kwakhe. Kwaye kwaze kwaba yilapho unyana wakhe, uLouis XIV owayengumnqweno omkhulu, enqwenela ukuguqula indlu enesizotha eVersailles ibe yindlu yepakethe kunye nepaki yezinto ezinokungabonakali. Ngaloo ndlela, ngowe-1661 imbali yokudalwa kweVersailles yaqala, yindawo ephawulekayo yaseParis nanamhlanje.
Imbali yebhotwe kunye nepaki
Ngethuba leminyaka ye-1661-1663, isamba esikhulu sichithwa ekwakhiweni, eso sizathu sokubhikisha kubancwane bokumkani. Nangona kunjalo, uKumkani weSizwe akayekanga oku. Kwiminyaka emininzi ukwakha kwakhiwa, apho kwaqeshwe amawaka abasebenzi. Umqambi wokuqala weVersailles nguLouis Levo. Emva koko waphumelela nguJules Ardouin-Mont-sar, owayekhokela umsebenzi wokwakha iminyaka emithathu. Uyilo lwePaki yaseVersailles lugunyaziswe nguFaro ku-Andre Leno Tru. Kunzima ukubiza lo msebenzi we-landscape ubugcisa obuqhelekileyo. Nantsi isakhiwo sakha izitya ezininzi, ama-grottos, imithombo kunye nezidumbu. Epakini, ehlotshiswe ngemifanekiso eyahlukeneyo, amaParitian awaziwayo adlala umdlalo weMoliere kunye neRaine, ii-opas ezimangalisayo zaseLully. Inkqantosi yonke yaseVersailles yayisayizibukhulu becala kunye neendawo zokunethezeka. Kamva esi siko saqhutyelwa nguMaria Antoinette, owakha le midlalo apha. Indodakazi yamakhosikazi yayithanda ukudlala kuyo.
Namhlanje ipaki yeVersailles ihlala kwindawo eyi-hekta ezili-101. Kukho iindawo ezininzi zokuqwalasela, iindwendwe, iindlela. Intsimi yebhotwe kunye neepaki eziyinkimbinkimbi nazo zineGranal Canal yayo. Yonke inkqubo yeziteshi. Yingakho kuthiwa "iVenice encinci".
Isakhiwo ngokwayo i-Versailles Palace ibetha ingcamango yabakhenkethi ubungakanani bayo abukho ngaphantsi. Ubungakanani bepaki ubude bufikelela kumitha engama-640, kwaye i-Mirror Gallery, ephakathi kwendawo yayo, inebude beemitha ezingama-73. Ubukhulu obunjalo abukwazanga kodwa buchaphazela isimo sengqondo sezifundo kwi-King King. Wayehlala ejikeleze kuye, kwaye uLouis XIV wayilungisa ngokucophelela, evuyela ubukhulu bayo.
Ngomnyaka we-1682 iNtlaba yaseVersailles yafumana indawo yokuhlala isigodlo esigxina. Bonke abasebenzi basekhotheni bafudukela apha. Nanku umyalelo othile wenkundla wakhiwa, owahlukaniswa yinkqubo yokuziphatha engqongqo. Oku akuzange kube sekupheleni kwenguqu eVersailles. Emva kokufa kweNkosi uSango ngo-1715, uLouis XV, unyana wakhe nendlalifa, wathuma ukwakhiwa kwe-Opera House kunye nodumo olunqabileyo lwe-Little Trianon, i-castle encomekayo, apho uMary Antoinette wayehlala khona, umceli wenkundla uJacques Anjou Gabriel. Inkosi elandelayo yaseFransi yongezwa kwinqaba yendawo yeelayibrari enezinto ezintle kwiifom zokwakha. Nangona kunjalo, ikhosi yembali ayiyi kutshintsha: Oktobha 1789 ukuba ibhotwe libulawe, kwaye ezinye izakhiwo azizange ziphile.
Ndingafika njani?
Inkqantosi yaseVersailles kubakhenkethi ivuliwe ngexesha elithile. Ngoko, ukususela ngoMeyi ukuya kuSeptemba, iingcango zalo zivuliwe ukusuka ku-9.00 ukuya ku-17. Unokuyonwabela iintlobo zemithombo yamanzi ukusuka ngoJulayi ukuya kuSeptemba ngoMgqibelo kwaye ukususela ngo-Epreli ukuya ku-Oktobha ngeCawa.
Unokungena eVersailles mhlawumbi ngezothutho, okanye ngesitimela, imitha kunye nebhasi. Ukusuka kwisikhululo separisi saseParis, indlela iya kuthatha imizuzu engamashumi amabini ukuya kumashumi amathathu. Ngokumalunga nendlela yokufikelela eVersailles, uya kuhanjiswa nezikhombisi ezininzi.
Kubalulekile ukuba uqaphele ukuba uPeterhof owaziwayo, ohlala kwiidolophu zaseSt. Petersburg , wadalwa ngokufana neVersailles.
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