Anozivikanwa se "imba yevakadzi" uye "imba yakanakisisa zvikuru munyika"
Musha kune madzimambo uye madzimambo eEngland pamwe neAmericonairess vaneAmerica vane shamwari-nyanzvi shamwari, Leeds Castle yakamira kwemazana emakore muMaidstone, Kent. Nhasi Leeds Castle yakasununguka kuvanhu, avo vanokoshesa kushanyira makamuri aro akadzorerwa uye 500-picture-acre acres.
Kugadzika mumupata weRwizi Rin mukati memunyika yeChirungu, Leeds Castle inonyatsoda nzvimbo. Nhare iyo pachayo, yakakomberedzwa negungwa, inzvimbo yepfuma yemaoko, antiques, uye nhoroondo.
Nhoroondo yeLeeds Castle inosanganisira rudo uye kufungidzira, kukakavara uye ukuru. Kunyange zvazvo Edward I, Edward III, Richard II, naHenry V vose vaine dare reLeeds Castle, rave richizivikanwa sevarumekadzi veimba.
Leeds aka the Ladies 'Castle
Kubvira muna 1278 kusvika muna 1552, yakanga iri tsika kuti imba yacho ive chikamu chehotera yevakadzikadzi uye yakachengetwa munguva yechirikadzi. Mambokadzi Isabella, Anne weBhohemia, uye Joan weNavarre vose vaimbogara muLeeds Castle.
Ita Queen's Bedroom uye Bhatiro paLeeds Castle inogadziriswa makamuri anoshandiswa naCatherine de Valois [1401 - 1437], mudzimai waHenry V, uyo akagara kuLeeds Castle kakawanda. Akauyiswa naye kubva kuFrance semwenga wechidiki, iye akafirwa nezera remakore makumi maviri nematanhatu. Apo chakavanzika chakavanzika nemukuru wevanhu Owen Tudor chakaratidzwa mumakore akapfuura, kupesana kwakatevera. Kunyange zvakadaro, avo vaviri vaiva nevanakomana vana, mumwe wavo akabereka Mambo Henry VII.
Henry VIII, zvichida yakakurumbira kune vose vaimba mamambo, aive nemhosva yehukuru hweLeeds Castle.
Akashanda nesimba kuti achinje imba iyi kubva kunhare yakasimba kuenda kuimba yamambo. Henry VIII Banqueting Hall inobvumirana neshoko rekuvakazve, uye rinoramba rine zvinyorwa kubva muna 1517.
Mukadzi Baillie Anotenga Leeds Castle
Mugove wekupedzisira weLeeds Castle, Lady Baillie akanga ari muAmerican-born heiress kumusha weWhite.
Akatenga imba yacho muna 1926 nokuda kwe $ 873,000, achirova Randolph Hearst, pepanhau tycoon, semunhu mukuru.
Mukadzi Baillie akazvipira hupenyu hwake hwose kuti adzorere nhare yeNorman uye inotungira parkland iyo yakapoteredza. Uye akaunza Hollywood kunakidza kune zvakapoteredza. Nzanga yevanhu vanogara, vaenzi vaDaily Baillie vaisanganisira Jimmy Stewart, Errol Flynn, uye Charlie Chaplin.
Apo Lady Baillie akafa muna 1974, akabva kuLeeds Castle kune chivimbo chechipo chinogonesa kufara kwacho nehuruzhinji uyewo kukurudzira imba yekuroorana uye seminamire yenyika uye yepamarudzi.
Kuongorora Leeds Castle
Mukuwedzera kune imba yacho pachayo, vashanyi vanoenda kuLeeds vanogonawo kuona:
- Mhuka - Yakadyarwa nemiti yemadhora 2 400 muna 1988, iyo maze kuLeeds Castle inoshora vashanyi kuti vasvike panoramic central viewing point. (Hapana chikonzero chekutya kurasikirwa; vashandi vanongororwa mukati-kati vanobatsira kutungamirira-vasina simba kuburikidza neimba yepiyariyari.)
- The Aviary - Mhando dzinopfuura 100 dzemhando dzisina kuchena uye dzine mavara dzinosanganisira macaws, cockatoos, uye toucans dzinogara mune aviary yekunze.
- Imbwa Collar Museum - Zvechokwadi chimwe chezvikamu zvakasiyana-siyana zvenyika, Dog Dog Collar Museum inoratidza inenge zana yekare yekare imbwa makira mazana mashanu emakore. Makirasi anobva muzana remakore rechi15, 16, uye rechi17 akagadzirirwa kuchengetedza imbwa munguva iyo mhumhi, mabheji, uye mhuka dzomusango dzakatarisana nemasango eEurope uye mhirizhonga dzenyoka dzekuvhima dzaidiwa kuchengetedzwa nemazamu akawanda ematare anokonzerwa nemapikisi anotyisa . Imbwa Collar Museum inogadzirisawo reLeeds Castle shoma shopu.
- Culpeper Garden - Iri bindu rekuChinese rinoitwa neChirungu rinonyatsoona bhokisi rakakonzerwa nemasikirwo emhando dzakasvibirira uye zvinyorwa zvinonhuwira zvakadai sedroses, pinks, lupins, uye poppies.
- Mabiko - Mabhodhoro anopfuura 8 000 ewaini anobudiswa gore roga roga kubva kuimba yemazambiringa. Ropafadzo inokunda Leeds Castle mazambiringa inotengeswa chete muimba yeimba yevasoro nemashamba.
Michato paLeeds Castle
Leeds Castle inopa mazano mana anoshamisa uye ezvakaitika zvechikwata chechipiri chechipiri: Library, Dining Room, Gate House, uye Terrace. Mukuwedzera kune sarudzo dzekugara kwemabiko emuchato akakodzera kumabiko pamwe chete nekuungana mashomanana, imba ine makamuri makumi matatu makumi matatu nemasere anowanika kune vakaroorana nevashanyi vavo kuti vagare.
Leeds Castle michato yemuchato inosanganisira mupfuri, maruva akarongedzwa nemuori weimba yemuorivhi, uye waini nemasipagasi kubva kuNorman's cellars yakakura.
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Kunyange zvazvo vanenge vanosvika 500 000 vafambi vachienda kuLeeds Castle gore negore, avo vanofamba mumutauro vanotora Venice Simplon-Orient-Express British Pullman zuva rekufamba rwendo kubva kuLondon.Musangano pa9: 30 mangwanani pachiteshi chekuVictoria, boka duku rinotungamirirwa nemutungamiri ane ruzivo anovatora nemudzidzisi kuenda kuimba.
Vari munzira, vatasvi vanonakidzwa nekukwira vachiri kutarisa pavanotarisa kunze kwenyika yeChirungu.
Avo vanofamba mutsime vangave vachiona makwayana achangobva kuberekwa achikandira pedyo nemhara dzavo pauswa hwakasvibirira uswa.
Nepo vamwe vashanyi vanofanira kumira kure neimba, Girasi yeAsia-Express inokwevera pedyo nevanopinda uye inogara yakamira ipapo kusvikira yaenda.
Paanosvika, Orient-Express vashanyi vanorapwa kunotapira uye kofi kana tiyi muresitorendi yeLeeds Castle uye vakapa kabhuku kakayeukwa kechiyeuchidzo. Vane nguva inopfuura maawa maviri kuti vaongorore imba nenzvimbo, iyo nguva yakareba. (Ikamera inofanirwa.)
Zvadaro zvinodzoka pabhazi, nokuda kworwendo rwokuenda kuWestestone Harbor, uko British Pullman inomirira. Pazuva rakajeka, makomo machena eDever anoonekwa kubva kumahombekombe.
Mufaro wechipiri wezuva racho, mushure mekutarisana neLeeds Castle, uri kukwira muBritish Pullman. Kubva mumeri yakakonzerwa uye yakakonzerwa ne1920s kana kuti 30s motokari, vatasvi vanofarira kudya kwemasikati matatu pamwe nemaspagne uye waini semasango eBritain anobuda pahwindo.
Zvose zvinokurumidza, chitima chacho chinodzokera kuLondon pa5 masikati, ichisiya vatasvi nezviyeuchidzo zvisingakanganwiki zveimba yenyika inodikanwa - uye rwendo rwakanaka kubva kumba kubva kwairi.