Powder Tower


E- Riga , inhloko-dolobha yaseLatvia , kunezakhiwo eziningi ezindala eziyisikhumbuzo somlando womuzi. Bonke bobujamo obuhlukile, ngakho-ke ngezinye izikhathi kunzima ukwahlulela ukwakheka kwaleso sikhathi. Phakathi kwalezi zakhiwo kungabonakala isakhiwo esilondolozwe ngokuphelele - yiPowder Tower.

Njengamanje, ngenjongo yalo ehlosiwe, umbhoshongo awusetshenzisiwe, kodwa ube yisiphephelo segatsha leMilitary Museum . Lapho i-Powder Tower kanye nezinye izakhiwo ezingu-24 zoluhlobo olufanayo zihlangene ohlelweni lokuzivikela kwedolobha. Kukhona inkolelo yokuthi umbhoshongo waqala ukwakheka ngesimo se-quadrangular, ngakho wenziwa ube yindilinga, uMgqongqoshe onjalo wePowder unikezwa esithombeni.

Umlando we-Tower Powder

Ukukhulunywa kokuqala kwalesi sakhiwo kwafika ngo-1330, bese umbhoshongo wawuvikela kakhulu isango lomuzi. Igama langempela lesakhiwo kwakunguSand Tower, lanikezwa lona ngenxa yezici zendawo ezungezile. Amagquma ase-sandy ayehamba azungeze kancane kancane, kodwa igama lalisungulwa iminyaka eminingi.

Ukwakhiwa kombhoshongo kwaqala ngemva kokunqotshwa kweRiga yi-Knights ye-Livonian Order. UMnuz Eberhardt von Montheim wayala ukuqinisa ukuzivikela kwedolobha, ngenxa yalokho umbhoshongo owawakhiwa enyakatho yedolobha lokuzivikela.

Njengoba kwakuyiphuzu elibalulekile lokuzivikela, kwakunezikhathi eziningi ezihlomele ukuthuthukisa. Ngakho-ke, okokuqala umbhoshongo wenziwa indzaba eyisithupha, bese kuthi phakathi kwesitezi sesihlanu nesithupha wenza i-pantry ekhethekile yokubamba ama-cores.

Igama elivela ePaschanaya kuya ePorokhovaya lishintshwa phakathi nesikhathi sempi yeSweden-Polish (1621), lapho umbhoshongo uqothulwa ngokuphelele futhi wabuye wakhiwa kabusha. Igama elisha aliyona ingozi - ngesikhathi ukuvimbezelwa kwedolobha ezungeze lesi sakhiwo kwavutha amafu we-powder smoke.

Ngemva kokuthunjwa kweRiga ngamabutho kaPeter I umbhoshongo washiywa. Phakathi naleso sikhathi, lapho iLatvia yayiyingxenye yoMbuso WaseRussia, idolobha lakhiwa kabusha. Ngenxa yalokho, zonke izakhi zesistimu yokuvikela, ngaphandle kwePowder Tower, zaqedwa.

I-Powder Tower, i-Riga - ukusetshenziswa

Kusukela ngo-1892 lesi sakhiwo sasisetshenziswa njengesikhungo sokuzijabulisa esikoleni, lokhu kuqashwa kwenziwa kuze kube ngo-1916. Amahholo okucingo, amadansa kanye nehholo lebhiya babekiwe lapha. Ukwakhiwa kabusha kwezindlu kwakhiwa ngabafundi beRiga Polytechnic.

Khona-ke lesi sakhiwo sanikezwa iMistim of Regvian Rifle Regiments. Ngemuva kokungenelela kweLatvia e-USSR, isikole seNakhimov Naval sivuliwe embhoshongweni, bese kuthi uMyuziyamu we-October Revolution. Ngemva kokubuya kokuzimela kweLatvia ngo-1991, lo mnqamulajuqu wawukhona lapho kuvezwa khona imyuziyamu yempi.

Umbono, lapho isakhiwo sibonakala khona ngaphambi kwezivakashi zanamuhla, kubonakala ngekhulu le-17. Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, ukuphakama kombhoshongo kuyinto engamamitha angu-26, ububanzi buyi-19.8 m, ubukhulu bodonga buyi-2.75m. Ngokwemibiko engaqinisekisiwe, ngaphansi kwePowder Tower kukhona ama-bunkers akhiwe phakathi neMpi Yezwe Yesibili, kodwa ahlukaniswa, azitholakali okwamanje.

Uphi umbhoshongo?

I-Powder Tower iyatholakala ku: Riga , ul. Smilshu, 20.