Apsley House London

UMbusi weNdlu kaWellington

I-Apsley House kwakuyikhaya likaDuke wokuqala waseWellington - owahlula uNapoleon Bonaparte - futhi uyaziwa nangokuthi iNombolo eyodwa yaseLondon ngoba kwakuyindlu yokuqala eyahlangana nayo kusukela emaphandleni ngemuva kokudlula ama-tollgates phezulu kwe Knightsbridge.

I-Apsley House iyindlu ehlelekile futhi enomzimba ephethwe yiGugu leNgisi. Liye laba iminyuziyamu yobuciko nobuciko obanikezwa uMbusi waseWellington, futhi ivumela izivakashi ukuba ziqonde indlela yokuphila enhle yalesi sibonakaliso esingokomfanekiso.

Ukwaziswa kwezivakashi ze-Apsley House

Ikheli:
149 Piccadilly, Hyde Park Corner, London W1J 7NT

Isiteshi sesiteshi esiseduze: Hyde Park Corner

Sebenzisa i- Journey Planner ukuhlela umzila wakho ngokuthutha komphakathi.

Amathikithi:

Vakashela Ubude: 1 ihora +.

Ukufinyelela

I-Apsley House iyisakhiwo esingokomlando ngakho-ke kukhona izinyathelo ezithile. Kukhona i-elevator / lift kodwa uzodinga ukuxoxisana ngezinyathelo ezingena emnyango wangaphambili bese ufinyelela ekuphakameni phansi.

Mayelana ne-Apsley House

I-Apsley House eyakhiwa nguRobert Adam phakathi kuka-1771 no-1778 eNkosini Apsley, owanika igama layo igama.

Ngo-1807 uRichard Wellesley wathenga indlu, wayeseyithengisa ngo-1817 kumfowabo, uMbusi waseWellington, owadinga indawo yaseLondon okuzoqhubeka nayo umsebenzi wakhe omusha kwezombusazwe.

Umqambi uBennie Dean Wyatt wenza ukulungiswa phakathi kuka-1818 no-1819 kufaka phakathi ukufaka igalari elikhulu le-Waterloo ngokudweba kukaDuke, futhi ebheke ngaphandle kwezitini ezibomvu ngetshe lokugeza.

Ngubani ohlala khona manje?

UMbusi we-9 waseWellington usaphila e-Apsley House okwenza kube yilapho impahla ephethwe yiGugu leNgisi lapho umndeni wabanikazi bokuqala uhlala khona.

Amathiphu wezihambi

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Ukuvakashela I-Apsley House

IHholo Lokungena lihlanganisa isitolo sesipho sokuvula esiphezulu esinomhlahlandlela wokukhumbuza u-£ 3.99.

Ngama-1820 imfashini yokwethula izingcezu ezinkulu zeplani kumaqhawe esizwe yayisakazeke futhi uMbusi waseWellington wathola eziningi. Ungaphuthelwa I-Plate neChina Room , ngaphandle kwesikhungo sokungcebeleka, ukuthi kukhona izindlu ezinkulu zokudla kwasekudleni ezazinikezwa uMbusi waseWellington emva kokunqotshwa kukaNapoleon e-Battle of Waterloo.

Bheka izinkemba ngefasitela ezibandakanya inkemba (saber) ethwalwe yiWellington e-Waterloo eceleni kwenkemba yeNapoleon.

A 'kumele abone' yisithombe esikhulu semabula e-Napoleon ene-Canova ephansi ngaphansi kwesiteji esikhulu. Yenzelwe uNapoleon kodwa wayilahla njengoba bezizwa ebonakala "emisipha". Ngendlela eningi kakhulu yaseBrithani, 'iqabunga lomkhiwane' liye lafakwa ukuze limboze ukuthobeka kwakhe okungenzeka kube into enhle njengoba bekuyoba ngezinga leso!

Esimweni eliphezulu uzothola Igumbi le- Piccadilly elinombono omuhle weWellington Arch, neGumbi lokudweba le- Portico elinamapulangwe alo aphakeme, amhlophe negolide.

Igalari ye-Waterloo ine 'factor factor'. Leli gumbi elibomvu neligumbi legolide, elibheke neHyde Park, ligalari yezithombe ezide ezingama-90ft inezinye zezithombe ezinhle kakhulu ze-Royal Royal Collection ezibandakanya umsebenzi waseRomano, Correggio, Velazquez, Caravaggio noSir Anthony Van Dyck, uMurillo noRubens.

Qaphela isithombe sikaGoya sikaWellington. Kusukela ngo-1830 kuya ku-1852 i-Waterloo Banquet yonyaka yenziwa lapha. (Bheka umdwebo othi 'Waterloo Banquet of 1836' nguWilliam Slaterton ekhonjiswe eHholo Lokungena.) Abasebenzi baqaphele ukulungisa ama-windows shutter ezinsukwini eziqhakazile ukuvikela imidwebo nokuhlobisa kwangaphakathi.

Amakamelo angaphezulu afaka Igumbi Lokudweba Ephuzi neGumbi Lokudweba Elimisiwe eliyi-Benjamin Dean Wyatt yokuvuselelwa.

Amanququzi waminyaka yonke e-Waterloo ayebanjwe eDini lokudlela kuze kufike ngo-1829 kanti itafula langempela kanye nezihlalo zisegumbini, kanye nenye ye-26ft / 8m isevisi yethebula yasePutukezi ende eyilinye lezibonelo ezikhona kakhulu zesiPutukezi se-neo-classical silver.

Egalari yangasese ungabona izinto ezivela ehholo likaWenington: iCopenhagen, kanye nebhokisi le-Wellington, eliye lanikeza leli gama ukuba lihloniphe.

I-tea yayibalulekile eWellington - bheka itiye lakhe elihambayo elisegumbini elingaphansi - ngakho kungani ungabikho itiye ntambama ngemuva kokuvakasha kwakho? Ezinye zezindawo ezithengisa kakhulu ezithamini zaseLondon zisezindaweni zendawo ngakho-ke bhala phambili kweThe Lanesborough noma i-Dorchester .