Palazzo Falson


Isixeko esingummangaliso kakhulu saseMalta yinkxalabo yasendulo yelizwe-isixeko saseMdina . Ngezihlandlo ezahlukahlukeneyo wayenamagama ahlukeneyo: iMedina, iMelita, idolophu ephumile. UMdina akanakubizwa ngokuba ngumzi, kuba inani labemi alidluli ngamakhulu amathathu. Kanti kukho ihotele, iivenkile kunye neendawo ezininzi zamathredrals kunye namatempileni.

Ngokutsho kwemithombo eyahlukeneyo, uMdina uneminyaka engama-4000 ubudala. Nangona ngexesha labantu basendulo kwakukho ummandla oqingqiweyo ovelele, emva koko amaFenike akha izindonga zedolophu. UMdina wayesoloko edumileyo ngenxa yobutyebi kunye nokunethezeka kwayo, ngamaxesha onke loo mzi wawuhlala ngabantu kuphela. Unokungena esixekweni ngeendlela ezimbini, kwiimeko zombini kufuneka uwele emasangweni esixeko. Iindonga ezinzulu zijikeleze uMdina kwaye zikhumbuze imbali edlulileyo yenkampani yamandulo. Omnye akanakunceda ukucinga ukuba apha ixesha liye lancipha, kuba kwisixeko akukho zitrato, amaziko okuthenga, ngoku kunene umyuziyam.

INdlu kuzo zonke iinyanga

IPalazzo Falson yindwendwe eyaziwayo kwiingqokelela zayo kwisixeko. Emva kokuba inqaba yayihlala kwikhaya lomntu ocebileyo uCaptain Olof Fredrik Golcher.

Indlu yayakhiwe kwi-XIII leminyaka kwaye, njengabo bonke abakhi belo xesha, bahluke ngobukhulu bayo namandla. Ngethuba lekhefu lexesha leeholide, umthombo wamanzi omhle ngaphakathi kwinqaba. Ukwakhiwa kwebhotwe kunesidima kwaye ihloniphekile ukuba amagunya asekuhlaleni ayisebenzisa ngokuqhelekileyo kwiziganeko zedolophu: eziintlanganiso, iintlanganiso, iintlanganiso. Uphahla lwendlu enqabileyo kwaye luyindawo ethandekayo kubathandi. Kuyo unokufumana i-cafe emangalisayo, apho unokufumana ukutya okulula nokutya. Ukongezelela, i-panorama ebalabalayo yeso sixeko ivuleka ephahleni.

Umthetheli wayeqatshelwa ngokuphana kwakhe kunye nekhono elihle kakhulu ngokwezobugcisa. Ngethuba lokuphila kwakhe waqokelela iqoqo elikhulu lezinto zokulwa, izinto zokufakelwa izinto, izinto zendlu, izixhobo ezahlukeneyo, imibhalo yesandla, iincwadi kunye nokunye okuninzi. Ngethuba lobomi buka Sir Sir Gollhera, imibukiso emininzi yayilungelelaniswe, bonke abaqhelana nobuhle babeza kuza kubona. Ngo-2007 ibhotwe labuyiselwa kwaye iqoqo leGolcher laphinda linikwe kubakhenkethi.

Yintoni ekufuneka abantu abakhenkethi bazi?

Unokutyelela iminyuziyamu yendlu yonke imihla, ngaphandle kweMvulo. IPalazzo Falson yamkela iindwendwe ukusuka kwi-10.00 ukuya kwi-17.00 iiyure. Isikhokelo senza uhambo lweMalta nesiNgesi, aluhlali ngaphezu kweyure. Ixabiso lekitikithi elilodwa kumntu omdala li-10 euro. Abantu abadala, abafundi kunye nabantwana baya kukwazi ukutyelela uhambo, ukuhlawula isigamu kakhulu. Ibhonasi isikhokelo somsindo.

Ekubeni iPalazzo Falson itholakala entliziyweni kaMdina, kulula ukufika apho ngeenyawo.

Ukukholisa abahlobo kunye nezihlobo kuya kunceda isitolo sesipho, apho uza kufumana izipho kuzo zonke iinqununu: iincwadi kunye neempendulo, iimephu kunye nokunye okuninzi. Umntu onomdla kwimbali ngokuqinisekileyo uyayixabisa ikhoyo kule ndawo.

Isimo sezulu esinobuqhetseba besiqithi, ukuhlanganiswa kweendawo zendawo kuya kunceda ukuzonwabisa ngokupheleleyo. Ukongezelela, ngenxa yobuncinane bemi, uMdina uthathwa njengenye yeedolophu ezimbalwa ehlabathini apho kungekho nto ityala. Le enye enye kunye, kwaye ke ngoko, isixeko kunye nePalazzo Falson ziindawo omele uhambe ngazo ngokuqinisekileyo.