- Idilesi: I- Buskett Gardens, Siġġiewi, Malta
- Isakhiwo sezakhiwo: I- Renaissance
- Umhla wokwakhiwa: 1581-1586
- Umqambi: uGirolamo Cassar
Engxenyeni esentshona-ntshona yesiqithi saseMalta edolophini yaseDinzli ibhotwe laseVerdal, elibizwa ngokuba ngumphathi omkhulu weMyalelo waseMalta, uHugo Luben de Verdal. Ingcwatyelwa kwiindawo eziqhelekileyo zeBusquette Gardens, eziyihlathi lemvelo lommandla. Ibhotwe laseVerdal livaliwe kuluntu, kuphela okukuyo iBhola yonyaka ka-Agasti, xa umntu enako ukutyelela inqaba.
Imbali ye nqaba
Ukwakhiwa kwebhotwe kwaqala ngo-1582 ngomyalelo we-Grand Master kwaye wagqitywa iminyaka emine kamva. Iprojekthi yokwakha eyakhiwe nguGirolamo Cassar kwaye icinga ukuba indawo yezinto ezibonakalayo kwelinye leengxenye zehlathi leBaskett, ezenziwe njengezithuthuthu njengendawo yokuzingela.
Kwiminyaka emininzi kamva, iMalta yaqala ukulawulwa yiFrentshi, emva koko yiNgesi, lo mva walungiselela intolongo kwisakhiwo, esinezibophelelo zemfazwe eFransi. Kamva, abaseBrithani babekwe kwibhotwe umkhiqizo owenziwe ekuveliseni i-silika, eyahlala ixesha elifutshane kwaye yachithwa. Inqaba yaseVerdal ngokwayo yaba yincithakalo, iindonga zaqala ukuwa, imeko yaphangwa. Phakathi kwekhulu le-XIX, umsebenzi wokubuyisela waqala, owagqibhuka ngo-1858 ngokuvulwa kweendawo zaseburhulumenteni zaseBrithani.
Ngexesha leMfazwe Yehlabathi yesiBini, indawo yebhotwe yayisigxina kwimisebenzi yobugcisa evela kwiindawo ezahlukeneyo zesiqithi. Ngowe-1982 ibhotwe laseVerdal laphinda lakhiwa kwakhona kwaye lisetyenziswe ngamagosa kamasipala njengehotele apho iindwendwe zihlala khona. Ngowe-1987, isakhiwo sagqitywa ukuba senze imodareyitha, kuba isebenza njengendawo yokuhlala yaseburhulumenteni yommandla welizwe kwaye akunakwenzeka ukungena kwibhotwe kubemi abaqhelekileyo.
I-Architecture kunye nokuhlobisa kwangaphakathi
Ibhotwe laseVerdal alinakubizwa ngokuba yinkqubo enekhono, kuba ilula kakhulu. Ngesimo, isakhiwo sifana nesikwere, kumacandelo apho kukho iindonga zombhobho ezakhiweyo, ezenzelwe ukukhusela iinqaba, kodwa eqinisweni ayinalo ibalulekileyo. Iinqaba ziyahlula zibe ngamaholo amancinci, enye yazo igcina igumbi lokuhlushwa ngexesha lee-knights zaseMalta. I-Verdala yenzelwe ngendlela enokuthi yonke imihla imini ilanga lingena kwiiholo zalo.
Uphahla lwesakhiwo lubonakala njengeqonga lokubukela, elivula imibono yeeporamam yesiqithi nolwandle. I-perimeter ijikelezwe ngumququ owomileyo. Kulo mlango ophezulu kukho umgxobhozo we-Grand Master de Verdal, eyenziwe ngemarble. Ukungena ngaphakathi, sifumana kwi-foyer, apho ungaya khona kwiholo ekhonza njengegumbi lokudlela. Uluhlu lwegumbi lucwecwe ngeefrescoes ezibonakala apha, mhlawumbi ekupheleni kwekhulu le-16. Ngakwesobunxele nakwesokunene kwigumbi lokudlela kukho amagumbi anekwere, kwelinye lazo kukho izitepsi ezikhokelela kwisitezi sesibini, eyakhiwa kamva kwaye iqulethe izinto zendlela yokuBaroque: iibhaloni, imizila, iikholomu. Umgangatho kwelinye igumbi lihlotshiswe ngee-chessboards, ezibhalwa ngamabanjwa aseFransi emfazwe.
Ndingafika njani?
Isitopu sebhasi esikufuphi sifike kwiimitha ezintlanu ukusuka kwibhotwe. U tyelelwe iindlela 56, 181, eziza kukunceda ufike kwiinjongo. Ukuba awunqweneli ukuphelelwa yinkcitho kwizithuthi zikawonkewonke , sebenzisa iinkonzo zeteksi.
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