Eyaziwa ngokuthi "inqaba yamakhosikazi" nethi "indlu enhle kakhulu emhlabeni"
Ikhaya ukuya kumakhosikazi namakhosi aseNgilandi kanye nomnumzane waseMelika onabangane be-movie-star, iLeeds Castle imile iminyaka emakhulu eMaidstone, Kent. Namuhla iLeeds Castle ivulelekile emphakathini, abamukelekile ukuvakashela amakamelo ayo abuyiselwe namahektare angu-500-aphelele.
Beka esigodini soMfula iLen enhliziyweni yezwe laseNgilandi, iLeeds Castle iyindawo enothando kakhulu. Inqaba ngokwalo, ejikelezwe yizibi, iyigugu lomdwebo, ama-antiques, nomlando.
Umlando weLeeds Castle uhlanganisa uthando nokuzilibazisa, ukungqubuzana nobukhulu. Nakuba u-Edward I, u-Edward III, uRichard II no-Henry V bonke babenkantolo enkantolo yaseLeeds Castle, sekuyisikhathi eside beyaziwa ngokuthi i-ladies 'castle.
Leeds akayiLadies 'Castle
Kusukela ngo-1278 kuya ku-1552, kwakungokwesiko ukuba inqaba ibe ingxenye yenkosikazi yenkosikazi futhi igcinwe ngesikhathi sobufelokazi. INdlovukazi u-Isabella, u-Anne waseBohemia noJoan waseNararre bonke babehlala eLeeds Castle.
I-Queen's Bedroom kanye Nebhulethi eLeeds Castle yilapho kusetshenzwa khona amakamelo asetshenziswa nguCatherine de Valois [1401 - 1437], umkaHenry V, owahlala eLeeds Castle izikhathi eziningi. Elethwa nguye eFrance njengomlobokazi osemusha, wabulala eneminyaka engu-22. Lapho kwenzeka into eyimfihlo nomuntu ojwayelekile u-Owen Tudor eminyakeni eyalandela, kwavela inkohlakalo. Noma kunjalo, laba babenamadodana amane, omunye wabo wazala iNkosi uHenry VII.
UHenry VIII, mhlawumbe odume kakhulu kunabo bonke abanikazi bamaKhosi, wayephethe ubuhle obukhulu beLeeds Castle.
Wasebenzisa ngokukhululekile ukuguqula inqaba esuka enqabeni enezintambo eya esigodlweni sobukhosi. I-Henry VIII Banqueting Hall ibhekene nesivumelwano salokhu kuvuselelwa, futhi igcina izici ezivela ngo-1517.
U-Lady Baillie Uthenga I-Leeds Castle
Umnikazi wokugcina weLeeds Castle, u-Lady Baillie wayengumuntu omdala waseMelika ocebile ku-Fortune fortune.
Wathengisa inqaba ngo-1926 nge $ 873,000, eshaya i-Randolph Hearst, iphephandaba i-tycoon, njengomthengisi ophezulu.
UDaily Baillie wanikela konke ukuphila kwakhe ukubuyisela inqaba yaseNorman ne-parking egudluzayo. Futhi waletha ukuhleka kweHollywood ezindaweni ezizungezile. Umhlangano womphakathi, izivakashi zikaDaily Baillie zazihlanganisa uJimmy Stewart, u-Errol Flynn noCharlie Chaplin.
Ngesikhathi uBail Baillie efa ngo-1974, wasuka eLeeds Castle waya enkampanini yokusiza abantu futhi ukhuthaza inkundla yokushada kanye nemihlangano yamazwe ngamazwe.
Ukuhlola iNtshonalanga yeLeeds
Ngaphandle kweqhawe ngokwalo, izivakashi zeLeeds nazo zingathola:
- I-Maze - Etshalwe ngezihlahla ezingu-2 400 ze-yew ngo-1988, i-Maze eLeeds Castle iphikisana nezivakashi ukuze zifinyelele iphuzu elibukwayo eliphakathi. (Asikho isidingo sokwesaba ukulahlekelwa; abasebenzi basebenze phezulu phakathi nendawo ukusiza ukuqondisa isiqondiso-abangasebenzi kule nqamelo yezokwelapha.)
- I-Aviary - Izilwane ezingaphezu kuka-100 zezinyoni ezingavamile nezimibalabala ezifaka ama-macaws, cockatoos, nama-touccan zihlala e-aviary yangaphandle.
- I-Dog Collar Museum - Ngokuqinisekile enye yeqoqo elingavamile kunazo zonke emhlabeni, i-Dog Collar Museum ibonisa cishe ama-collar antique eyizinkulungwane ezingu-100 ehlanganisa amakhulu eminyaka amahlanu. Amakholomu avela ekhulwini le-15, lama-16, nele-17 ayeklanyelwe ukuvikela inja ngenkathi izimpisi, amabhere kanye nezinkukhu zasendle zithinta amahlathi aseYurophu kanye nezinsizwa ezisengozini yezinja zokuzingela zidinga ukuvikelwa ngama-collar ensimbi egcwele ama-spikes awesabekayo . I-Dog Collar Museum ibuye ibe nesitolo esincane sesipho sikaLeeds Castle.
- I-Culpeper Garden - Leli jadini le-English eliyimfihlo lifaka ibhokisi elihle elinamakhemikhali ahlanganiswa nezikhathi ezimibalabala ezimibalabala kanye neminyaka emihle efana ne-roses, i-pinks, i-lupins, ne-poppies.
- Indawo yokudlela - Izikhumba zewayini ezingaphezu kuka-8 000 zikhiqizwa unyaka ngamunye kusukela esivinini sase-castle. Iwayini le-Leeds Castle eliwina imiklomelo lidayiswa kuphela endaweni yokudlela yase-castle nezitolo.
Imishado eLeeds Castle
I-Leeds Castle inikeza imibhangqwana izilungiselelo ezine ezimangalisa nezimlando zomshado we-fairytale: IThebhulali, Igumbi lokudlela, Isango Lendlu, neTerrace. Ngaphandle kokukhethwa kwezindawo zemiklomelo yomshado efanelekile emibuthweni kanye nemibuthano encane, inqaba ineamakamelo angu-37 atholakalayo kwabashadayo kanye nezivakashi zabo ukuba bahlale.
Izinsizakalo zomshado zaseLeeds Castle zihlanganisa ukulungiswa kommbila, ukuhlelwa kwembali ngumhloli wezimbali ze-castle, namawayini kanye nama-champagnes avela emasimini aseNorman amaningi.
Uhambo oluya eLeeds Castle eSitayela>
Nakuba izakhamuzi ezingaba ngu-500 000 zihamba ngendlela eya eLeeds Castle minyaka yonke, labo abahamba ngesitayela bathatha i-Venice Simplon-Orient-Express eBritish Pullman ukuvakasha kwansuku zonke eLondon.Ukuhlangana ngo-9: 30 ekuseni esiteshini sesitimela saseVictoria, leli qembu elincane liholwa ngumqondisi owaziyo owathatha ngomqeqeshi enqabeni.
Endleleni, abagibeli bayakujabulela ukugibela okukhulunywe ngakho ngenkathi becabangela emaphandleni aseNgilandi.
Labo abahamba entwasahlobo cishe bayabona amawundlu asanda kuzalwa ashayela eceleni kwezinyosi zawo ngotshani obuluhlaza obuhlaza.
Ngenkathi ezinye izivakashi kufanele zipake ibanga ukusuka enqabeni, i-East-Express ihamba ngesikebhe isondela eduze komnyango futhi ihlala ikhona lapho kuze kube sekuhambeni.
Lapho befika, izivakashi zase-Orient-Express ziphathwa emgqeni omuhle nekhofi noma itiye e-Leeds Castle yokudlela futhi inikezwa incwadi enhle yokukhumbula. Sinamahora angaphezu kwama-2 ukuhlola indawo nenqaba, okuyinto isikhathi esanele. (Ikhamera kuyadingeka.)
Khona-ke kubuyela ebhasini, ukugibela eWestestone Harbor, lapho iBritish Pullman ilindele khona. Ngosuku olucacile, amaphepho amhlophe e-Dover abonakala avela echwebeni.
Injabulo yesibili yosuku, ngemuva kokubona iNtshonalanga yeLeeds, ibheka umlando waseBrithani Pullman. Kusukela emkhathini nasekhilimu ebuyiselwayo engama-1920 noma i-30s yokuhamba, abagibeli bajabulela ukudla kwasemini okuhambisana ne-champagne newayini njengezwe laseBrithani livulela efasiteleni.
Ngokushesha nje, isitimela sibuyele leli qembu eLondon ngo-5 ntambama, sishiye abagibeli ngezinkumbulo ezingenakulibaleka zenqaba yezwe ethandana kakhulu - kanye nohambo oluhle kakhulu ukusuka kulo.