01 kwangu-11
Bheka i-Victorian London
Uyakujabulela ukubona izithombe ezindala zaseLondon? Ngokuqinisekile, yenza!
Sithole ukubuka okuningi kwephakathi kwaseLondon kule galari. Ukubukwa ukuthi abaningi bethu bazi kahle namhlanje ukwenza kube lula ukuqhathanisa.
Lesi sithombe sokuqala singesendaweni yaseBhange eThekwini yaseLondon, ngo-1890. Indlu kaMansion House, indawo yokuhlala esemthethweni yeMeya yaseLondon, ingakwesobunxele futhi umgwaqo phambili yizinkukhu bese kuthiwa i-Cheapside.
Ukulahlekelwa okwakhiwa kwamanje okwakhiwa yilapho okwakhiwa kweMappin & Webb okuphakathi kwesithombe, ekhoneni leNdlovukazi yase Victoria Queen kanye nezinkukhu. Lesi sakhiwo se-neo-gothic sakhiwe nguJohn Belcher futhi bekukhona umkhankaso wokuwusindisa lokho, ngokudabukisayo, okwakunganakwa. Manje sine-No.1 eyimifino engemuva. Izinkukhu ozithandayo noma ozondayo. Ngena emkhanyeni phansi phansi e-Bucklersbury Passage (amahora avulekile amahora angu-24) futhi ungabona iwashi elidala elaba khona ngaphambili kwesakhiwo.
02 kwangu-11
Charing Cross
Lo mbono ubheka isakhiwo esihle kakhulu esibhekene neCharing Cross Train Station, ngomzuzu owodwa ukusuka eTrafalgar Square , ngo-1890. 449 iStand ibanga leBanga lesi-II * elidweliswe ngezitolo ekhoneni lase Strand nase-Adelaide Street. 449 Strand yakhelwe nguJohn Nash ngo-1830 futhi yakhiwa ngo-1830-32. Inemibhoshongo ye-pepperpot ehlanganisiwe.
03 ka-11
I-Strand
Lo mbono ungakolunye uhlangothi lweStrand, ngaphandle kweSomerset House (lapho kukhona khona i-ice rink ebusika), ngo-1891. Isonto elivezwe yiSt Mary le Strand. Lena umzila omatasa ohlanganisa iWestminster neThe City yaseLondon.
Izakhiwo ngakwesobunxele saseSt Mary-le-Strand zonke zahamba lapho u-Aldwych no-Kingsway 'behlaselwa' endaweni. Uma uqhathanisa le mephu kusukela ngo-1897, okwakhona manje, ungabona izinga lokuthuthukiswa.
Eduze kuze kube lapha yi -Baths yaseRoma yase-London nase- Aldwych Station .
04 kwangu-11
St Paul's Cathedral
Kulula kanzima ukwazi kahle ukuthi lesi sithombe sikaSt. Paul's Cathedral sithathwe yini kodwa kusobala ukuthi sibona umehluko emgqeni wangaphandle kwedome. Eminyakeni eminingi, izimpawu zomhlaba zaseLondon zaqhubeka zingcolile futhi sekuye kwenziwa okuningi okwenziwe ukuhlanza ukulimala. I-St Paul's Cathedral yavuselelwa iminyaka engaphezu kwengu-15 futhi umsebenzi wagcwaliswa ngo-2011. Iningi laseLondon laphuthunyiswa imikhosi yethu ye-2012 - emidlalweni ye-London 2012 ye-Olympic ne-Queen's Diamond Jubilee.
05 ka-11
I-Westminster Bridge
Uma ubheka ukusuka eningizimu ntshonalanga yeWestminster Bridge, izindlu zePhalamende neBig Ben ziyabonakala ngokushesha. Umgwaqo wamanzi ubukeka umehluko futhi angikaze ngibone ihhashi nenqola ethwala ukudiliva kulo lonke leli bhuloho.
Ngakolunye uhlangothi lwezindlu zephalamende, manje sinePortcullis House eyathunyelwa ngo-1992 futhi yavulwa ngo-2001 ukuze amalungu ePhalamende abe nehhovisi elithile.
06 kwangu-11
Ukwakhiwa kweBridge Bridge
Umsebenzi wokwakha waqala eNew Tower Bridge ngo-1884 futhi kuthatha iminyaka engaphezu kwengu-8 ukuqedela. Amapulangwe amakhulu amabili kwakudingeka afakwe emfuleni ukuze asekele ukwakhiwa kanye namathani angaphezu kuka-11 000 weScottish steel ahlinzeke uhlaka lwe-Towers neWalkways, ne-rivets eziyizigidi ezingu-2 ezibuthe ndawonye. Lokhu kwabe sekuboshwe e-Cornish granite nasePortland; kokubili ukuvikela isisekelo se-steelwork nokunikeza iBridge libe ukubukeka okujabulisayo ngokwengeziwe. I-Prince of Wales yavula iBridge Bridge ngo-30 Juni 1894.
Izindwangu eziphakeme zaqala ukuvuleka ngokuphelele, okungukuthi akukho uphahla noma amafasitela. Ngo-1910 bavaliwe njengoba abantu bakhetha ukulinda ezingeni lomgwaqo lapho ibhuloho likhuliswe kunokuba liholele izitebhisi ezinemithwalo esindayo. Manje sekukhona umbukiso odumile we- Tower Bridge Exhibition emigwaqeni ephakeme enegumbi lesilazi engaphansi kwezingilazi ngezansi.
Sicabanga ukuthi lesi sithombe sithathwe endaweni yaseSt. Catherine's Docks kuya empumalanga yoMbhoshongo waseLondon .
07 kwangu-11
Umbhoshongo waseLondon
Kubonakala sengathi lo mbono we -Tower of London uvela ku-All Hallows By The Tower Church, kanye ne-Tower Hill - umgwaqo omkhulu oya enyakatho yalezi zakhiwo zomlando. Kungenzeka yini ukuthi amakherishi angaphambili kwesithombe abe amatekisi okuqasha noma ezokuthutha zangasese?
08 kwangu-11
Amanxiwa aseThames
Lokhu kuyimbono emangalisayo yeSt. Paul's Cathedral ekhombisa ama-wharves kanye nempahla yokugcina phakathi kweMillennium Bridge neSouthwark Bridge endaweni engasenyakatho yeThames. Njengoba lokhu kusetjenziswa ngo-1870, ngaphambi kweBridge Bridge kwakhiwe ngasempumalanga (njengoba lokho kwavulwa ngo-1894).
09 kwangu-11
I-Oxford Circus
Lo yi-Oxford Circus ebuka kusukela 'ekhoneni leH & M' ngaphesheya kwe-Oxford Street, eya e-Tottenham Court Road, ngasekupheleni kuka-1888. Njenganamuhla, lo mgwaqo umatasa kodwa kuyathakazelisa ukubona indoda idonsa isilwane sayo emgqeni ngaphambili .
10 kwangu-11
I-Oxford Street
Lesi sithombe sivela ngo-1899 futhi sibheka endaweni yokuthenga yezitolo e-Oxford Street. Lesi sigaba sihlanganisa i-Princess's Theatre, evala ngo-1902 futhi yachithwa ngo-1931. Lesi kwakuyisayithi lesitolo se-HMV se-flagship kuze kufike ngo-2014.
Le ngxenye yomgwaqo iphakathi kwe-Oxford Circus ne-Tottenham Court Road, ebheke empumalanga, eduze ne-M & S Pantheon Store kanye ne-Poland Street.
11 kwangu-11
I-Fleet Street
Lo mbono we-Fleet Street uvela ngo-1888. I- St Paul's Cathedral iphakathi. Izigqoko ezimangalisayo ezigodini ezisezingeni eliphezulu ebhasini!