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Izivakashi zesikhathi sokuqala eziya eSan Juan Old zivele zikwazi ukuhamba ngaphandle kokuvakashela i-El Morro. Inqaba yilezi zakhiwo ezihlaba umxhwele kakhulu esiqhingini, ehlanganisa indima yasePuerto Rico njengomgcini weNew World. Ngaphakathi kwalezi zindonga, ungase uzizwe amandla amangalisayo lesi sisekelo sokuzivikela esalele, futhi ungafakaza eminyakeni engaba ngu-500 yomlando wezempi owaqala ngamaqhawe aseSpain futhi waphela ngeMpi Yezwe II.
Umlando we-El Morro
I-El Morro, eyayikhethwe indawo ye-UNESCO World Heritage Site ngo-1983, isakhiwo sezempi esivelele kakhulu sasePuerto Rico. AmaSpain aqala ukwakhiwa ngo-1539, futhi kwaphela iminyaka engaphezu kuka-200 ukuqedela. Le nqaba esabisa ngokuphumelelayo ivinjelwe uSir Francis Drake waseNgilandi, iphawula ngokuhlukunyezwa kwayo kwempi, ngo-1595, futhi ukuhlaselwa kwamanzi akuzange kuphumelele ukuphula izindonga zalo emlandweni wonke. U-El Morro wawela kanye kuphela, lapho uGeroge Clifford, u-Earl waseCumberland, eNgilandi, ethatha indawo enqaba ngomhlaba ngo-1598. Ukusetshenziswa kwayo kwaqhubeka ngekhulu lama-20, lapho kusetshenziswe i-United States phakathi neMpi Yezwe II ukulandelela ukunyakaza kwama-jalimane aseJalimane e-Caribbean.
Ukuvakashela i-El Morro
Igama layo eligcwele ngu-El Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, kodwa kuyaziwa kangcono ngokuthi i-El Morro, okusho ukuthi i-promontory. Ebhekene nendawo enyakatho-ntshonalanga ye-Old San Juan, leli dolobha elidabukisayo kumelwe libe yinto esabisayo emikhumbi yesitha.
Manje i-El Morro iyinhlangano yezinyoni zokuphumula nezithombe ze-ops: Abantu beza lapha ukuze baphumule, bepikinikini, kanye nama-kites; isibhakabhaka sigcwele kubo ngosuku olucacile. (Ungathenga eyodwa-ibizwa ngokuthi i- chiringas- isitayela esiseduze.)
Uzolandela ezinyathelweni ze-Earl of Cumberland njengoba uwela insimu enkulu eluhlaza ukuze ufike enqabeni.
Kuyinto encane yokuhamba ukuze ufike kuyo, futhi kuzodingeka ukwazi ukunyuka izinyathelo nezintaba ezinde. Gqoka izicathulo ezipholile, sebenzisa isikrini selanga, futhi ulethe amanzi okubhotela kungakhathaliseki ukuthi uvakashela nini isikhathi sonyaka.
Uma usufika e-citadel, thatha isikhathi sakho ukuhlola izakhiwo zayo ezihlakaniphile. I-El Morro yakhiwa amazinga ayisithupha, ahlanganisa amadokodo, izindlu, imigwaqo, nezitolo zokugcina. Hamba ngezinyawo zalo, lapho amathoni ahlala khona ebhekene nolwandle, futhi angene ngaphakathi kwelinye lamagitta , noma amabhokisi athumela, wona ngokwawo angokomfanekiso wesithombe sePuerto Rico. I-garitas yizindawo eziyinhloko zokuthola ukubukwa kwe-sea okuphefumulayo. Uma ubheka ngaphesheya kwe-bay, uzobona enye, isitifiketi encane. Ebizwa ngokuthi i-El Canuelo, lokhu kwakungumlingani ka-El Morro ekuzivikeleni kwesiqhingi: Ukuthuthwa kwemikhumbi ehlose ukuhlasela ePuerto Rico kwakuyokwehliswa emlilweni we-cannon fire fire.
Izakhiwo ezimbili zanamuhla zanezelwa ku-El Morro ngemva kwePuerto Rico zithunyelwa e-United States ngeSpain ngo-1898 ngenxa yeMpi yaseSpain-American. Indlu yokukhanya, eyalungiswa yi-US kusukela ngo-1906 kuya ku-1908, ibonakala ngokuphambene kakhulu nesakhiwo sonke. Ngesikhathi seMpi Yezwe II, i-US Army yanezela esinye isiphephelo esingavumelani naso, safaka ibutho lempi ezingeni eliphezulu.