- Idilesi: Tower Wignacourt, Triq San Franġisk, St Paul's Bay, Malta
- Indawo: Iimitha zesikwere ezili-196. m.
- Umhla wokwakhiwa kwinqaba: 1610.
- Umhla wokwakhiwa kwebhetri: 1715.
Wonke uhlanga luhlala lufuna ukukhusela ummandla walo. Ngenxa yale njongo, izakhiwo ezithile zakhiwe, zenzelwe ukunceda ubone intshaba kwaye zikhusele. Ngoku malunga nesi sakhiwo, iNqaba yeViñakura eMalta , siza kuxela ngeli xesha. Inxalenye yenkqantosi yonke yegama elifanayo (Wignacourt Towers). Ekubeni, kwakukho izakhiwo ezithandathu, ezine kuphela eziye zasinda nanamhla, kwaye iViñakura Tower enye yazo.
Imbali
Injongo yokwakha iinqaba zokuqala yabonakala ngenkulungwane ye-15. Nangona kunjalo, kwakusemva kwekhulu leminyaka ukuba bafike kwi shishini. Kwaye isizathu salo kwakukho iinqanawa zase-Ottoman ezibonakala kufuphi naseSicily. UMartin Garzes, ekubeni yinjineli yempi, wakhuthaza iinqaba zakhiwo. Ngelishwa, wahluleka ukuguqulela iingcamango zakhe. Wafa, kodwa washiya inani leenkulungwane ezili-12 zezakhiwo zokwakhiwa kwezi nqaba.
Inqaba yokuqala yafumana igama layo ngokuhlonela uMartin Garzes. Ilitye layo lokuqala lafakwa ngoFebruwari 1610.
Yethu imihla
Ngoku nantsi encinci yemyuziyam yezembali. Phakathi kwemiboniso yayo uza kubona imizekelo yazo zonke iintlobo zokhuselo ezifumaneka kwisiqithi, izinto ezazisetyenziselwa iiklabhu ezihlala kwiinqaba. Kwaye phezu kophahla kwintonga yaseViñakura kukho i-cannon ebuyisiwe.
Ngeli xesha le nqaba ithathwa ngokuba yindlu endala kunazo zonke kwisiqithi saseMalta . Imisebenzi ekubuyiselweni kwayo iqhutyelwa phantse onke amaxesha.
Ndingafika njani?
Ukufika kwiWignacourt Tower kulula kakhulu ngoothutho loluntu , umzekelo, ngebhasi esuka eValletta .
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