Tour of London: Uphi na Big Ben?

Namhlanje ayikho umntu akazi apho Big Ben, Ferris ivili "London Eye" okanye Trafalgar Square. Kodwa bambalwa abantu baqonde ukuba igama intsimbi nenqaba edumileyo wanika ongaphakathi kuyo. ubukhulu wayo ezimbini ubude kunye phantse mathathu ububanzi ngeemitha kwaye angu 13.5.

Okunye okunika umdla kukuba kokuqala esemthethweni woNyaka New ehlabathini lonke uthi eNgilani. Big Ben, ogama ugwayimbo ngeyure nganye usasaza kwisikhululo sikanomathotholo wakhe BBC, uqala Countdown ezintsimbi. Ke phezu kwakhe yokuqala ihamile kunye imizuzwana lokuqala iiyure omtsha uza kuba ngaxeshanye.

Njengazo zonke imibombo eNgilani, Big Ben iphantsi abasemagunyeni yokhuseleko n'wina. Ukuya kwentungo yenqaba leyo inde, Uze udlulele amanyathelo 334 ngezinyuko ezijikeleze-ezimile elimxinwa. Noko ke, abakhenkethi akuvumelekanga ngaphakathi kwenqaba. Amaxesha aliqela ngeveki yonke indlela lokuhlola ngocoselelo nokuthambisa.

Ukuze izandla phezu wotshi baba Musa ukungxama, kwaye musa ukuba emva kwexesha, intshukumo yabo ilawulwa yi iinkozo endala yaseBritani. Njani? elula kakhulu. Enye penny wayibeka phezu kuqala, ibalekisa ukusebenza kwalo phezu imizuzwana ezimbini ezinesiqingatha iiyure eziyi-24. Umzekelo, inani ezahlukeneyo zemali onokufikelela ukuchana emva kwenkulungwane enesiqingatha.

I Ibhotwe of Westminster, apho Big Ben sakhiwa kunxweme lomlambo iThames. Ende liphuma eseLondon ukuphakama kuyimitha 98. Idayala zenziwa yihakinto kaXhosa, ibekwe kwiimbombo zone zomhlaba. Iintolo Large ndoyilahla nobhedu, nabancinane - intsimbi uphoswe. Kulo nyaka, isandla ngcaciso ibandakanya umgama ngeekhilomitha 190.

Imbali yale lesikhumbuzo wezakhiwo yaqala kwiminyaka engaphezu kwama-160 eyadlulayo. Ngowe-1844 umakhi Charlz Berri wathumela kwisicelo wePalamente ukuba inkxaso-mali eyongezelelweyo ukwenzela ukwakhiwa iiyure. Ngokwengcinga yakhe enqabeni eSt uStefano, apho kukho Ben Big, azovela iwotshi enkulu kakhulu intsimbi esisinda kunye indlela echanekileyo.

aphikisane ukuphunyezwa zobugcisa zale projekthi kwenzeka akanakho ukuba ukuncipha kwisithuba seminyaka emihlanu. iimbandezelo ezintsha wavela ngexesha xa kuyimfuneko ukuba uphoswe intsimbi. Ngokusesikweni, igama wamkela egameni induna ngubani Bendzhamin Holl, ababethwala lesiqhulo Big Ben ngenxa nembonakalo yakhe etyebileyo. Eminye imithombo bathi intsimbi ithiywe emva owayephila ngexesha Queen Victoria boxer kunye kwimbaleki noBhenjamin Bala.

Esiphelele isakhiwo bokwakha baba luphawu ukusa koBukhosi baseBritani. In memory of kule lenziwe kumatye Latin kwi kwisiseko ngasinye kwisitupu kunye kujikelezo kwenqaba, edumisa iKumkanikazi kunye neNkosi uThixo. Okwangoku, le mhlawumbi neendawo ezaziwa kakhulu eNgilani.

Ngendlela, namhlanje uya kuba oluchanekileyo ukubuza "Uphi na Elizabeth Tower" endaweni "iphi na Big Ben." Eyona nto kukuba ekwindla ka-2012 kwenziwa isigqibo ngokusesikweni malunga nokuthiywa ngokutsha. Esi yayisisihlandlo ekubhiyozeleni isikhumbuzo seminyaka engamashumi amathandathu wolawulo Elizabeth II. Le ukuyiveza entsha yaqaliswa kuvulwa ngoSeptemba 12. Nangona ngokuqinisekileyo abakhenkethi, kwaye abahlali aya kuba nenqaba intsimbi ixesha elide ukubiza i-Big Ben.