Fort King George


Kwilizwe eliqithi laseTrinidad naseTobago, phakathi kweelwandle ezinamabonakaliso kukukhanga okumangalisayo - Fort King George, eyakhiwa ngo-1777. Yakhelwe yiBrithani, owathetha ngoko kwisiqithi. Kodwa kwiminyaka emine amandla adluliselwa kwiFrentshi, ngoko ke yaba yinqaba, eyayinempembelelo encinci kwizakhiwo zayo.

Kwaphela iminyaka engama-33 isiqithi sahlulwa ngamaxesha amaninzi, ngoko iNkosi yaseGeorge yayihlala ifunwa. Kodwa xa ngowe-1814 amaFrentshi ekugqibeleni anqoba i-fort, oku kuthetha ukuba baphinde bahlutha isiqithi, amaxesha aqala ukuzola, kwaye sele ngo-1856 uKumkani uGeorge wayengasetyenziswanga njengoko kwakunenjongo - kwakukho intolongo kunye nesibhedlele. Kwaye ngowe-1926 kwakhiwa ityanti, kwaye kwiminyaka engama-32-indlu yokukhanya, eqhubeka isebenza. Isakhiwo esiyinkimbinkimbi, esinezakhiwo eziliqela, sisetyenziselwa iinjongo zokutyelela.

Yintoni ongayibona?

Ukongeza kwinto yokuba ukwakhiwa kwe-fort ngokwayo inomdla omkhulu, uKum George uGeorge uyabaluleka, ngoko ke kwagqitywa ukuba kubekwe iMyuziyam kaZwelonke kuyo. Ibonisa iimpawu ezibalulekileyo zeRiphabliki. Le ndawo ifanelekile ukutyelela abo bafuna ukufunda imbali enzulu kunye nenomdla ye-fort, kunye nokubona ngamehlo abo izinto ezichazayo malunga nexesha lolawulo lwesiNgesi, amaSpanish kunye nesiFrentshi, kunye nexesha elibuhlungu lezorhwebo lekhoboka.

I-Fort King George ibona ipaki enkulu, efumaneka ngaphandle. Ipaki ibhonasi ebalulekileyo yabakhenkethi abakhenkethi kwiimyuziyam - imithi enhle kunye neentyatyambo, iintyatyambo ezimangalisayo ziya kunqoba yonke into yokuhleleka, kunye neendlela eziqhelekileyo ziya kukukhokelela kwindawo ezinomdla kakhulu.

Ndingafika njani?

Inqaba itholakala kwiSiqithi saseTobago kwi-84 i-Fort Street, kufuphi neSibhedlele seNgingqi saseScarborough. Kufuneka ufike kwiSitalato esiPhambili, uze ujikeleze i-Fort Street kwaye uwele ezitalatweni ze-Makey Hill Street kunye ne-Park Street, ngoko uza kuba kufuphi ne-castle.