Amadziwika kuti "nyumba yamayi" ndi "nyumba yokongola kwambiri padziko lonse"
Kunyumba kwa azimayi ndi mafumu a England komanso Millioneiress wa ku Amerika omwe ali ndi abwenzi-am'mafilimu, Leeds Castle wakhala zaka mazana ambiri ku Maidstone, Kent. Lero Leeds Castle ili lotseguka kwa anthu, omwe ali olandiridwa kukachezera zipinda zake zobwezeretsedwera ndi zithunzi za acres 500.
Akhazikika m'chigwa cha mtsinje wa Len pakati pa dziko la England, Leeds Castle ndi malo okondana kwambiri. Nyumba yokhayo, yozunguliridwa ndi nyanja, ndi chuma chamakono, antiques, ndi mbiri.
Mbiri ya Leeds Castle ikuphatikizapo kukonda ndi kukondana, kukangana ndi ukulu. Ngakhale kuti Edward I, Edward III, Richard II, ndi Henry V onse adakhala khoti ku Leeds Castle, akhala akudziwika kuti nyumba ya akazi.
Leeds anapeza Ladies 'Castle
Kuchokera mu 1278 mpaka 1552, chinali chizolowezi kuti nyumbayi ikhale gawo la mfumukazi ya mfumukazi ndikupitiriza kukhala masiye. Mfumukazi Isabella, Anne wa Bohemia, ndi Joan wa ku Navarre nthawi zonse ankakhala ku Leeds Castle.
Mfumukazi ya Chipinda cha Mfumukazi ndi Malo osambiramo ku Leeds Castle amamanganso zipinda zogwiritsiridwa ntchito ndi Catherine de Valois [1401 - 1437], mkazi wa Henry V, amene amakhala ku Leeds Castle nthawi zambiri. Anabwera naye kuchokera ku France ngati mkwatibwi wachinyamata, iye anali wamasiye ali ndi zaka 22. Pamene chinsinsi chogwirizana ndi wamba Owen Tudor chinawonekera m'zaka zapitazi, kunyoza. Komabe, awiriwa anali ndi ana anayi, ndipo mmodzi mwa iwo anali ndi Mfumu Henry VII.
Henry VIII, mwinamwake wotchuka kwambiri mwa mafumu onse, anali ndi udindo waukulu wa ulemerero wa Leeds Castle.
Anagwira ntchito mwamphamvu kuti asandulire nyumbayi kuchokera ku nsanja yolimba kupita ku nyumba yachifumu. Nyumba ya Henry VIII Banqueting Hall imapereka umboni wokhudzana ndi kumangidwanso, ndipo imakhala ndi chibwenzi kuyambira 1517.
Mayi Baillie Amagula Leeds Castle
Mwini womaliza wa Leeds Castle, Lady Baillie anali wachifumu wa ku America kwa chuma cha Whitney.
Anagula nyumbayi mu 1926 kwa $ 873,000, akukantha Randolph Hearst, nyuzipepala ya tycoon, monga mkulu wogulitsa.
Lady Baillie anapereka moyo wake wonse kuti abwezeretse nyumba ya Norman yomwe ikuzungulira. Ndipo iye anabweretsa Hollywood kukongola kwa malo. Alendo omwe anali alendo, alendo a Lady Baillie anali Jimmy Stewart, Errol Flynn, ndi Charlie Chaplin.
Pamene Lady Baillie anamwalira mu 1974, adachoka ku Leeds Castle kuti amuthandize kuti azisangalala ndi anthu onse komanso akulimbikitsanso kukwatirana ndi ma semina a dziko lonse ndi amitundu.
Kufufuza Leeds Castle
Kuwonjezera pa nsanja yokha, alendo ku Leeds angakhalenso ndi:
- Mbalameyi - Chodzala ndi mitengo 2,400 mu 1988, mzere wa ku Leeds Castle umakakamiza alendo kukafika pamalo okongola kwambiri. (Palibe chifukwa choopera kutayika; ogwira ntchito ogwira ntchito apamwamba akuthandizira kutsogolera chitsogozo-osayenerera kupyolera mu nyumbayi yazitali.)
- Ndege - Mitundu yoposa 100 ya mbalame zosaoneka ndi zokongola kuphatikizapo macaws, cockatoos, ndi toucans zimakhala mkati mwa aviary kunja.
- Nyumba ya Collar Collar - Ndithudi imodzi mwa zovuta zachilendo kwambiri padziko lapansi, Dogolo Collar Museum ili ndi mapulogalamu pafupifupi 100 okalamba agalu zaka mazana asanu. Miyala yotchulidwa m'zaka za zana la 15, 16, ndi 17 inakonzedwa kuti iteteze galu panthaŵi imene mimbulu, zimbalangondo, ndi ziweto zakutchire zinayendayenda m'nkhalango za ku Europe ndi zida zosaopsa za agalu odyera zinafunika kutetezedwa ndi makola akuluakulu a chitsulo omwe ali ndi zipilala zoopsya . Nyumba ya Galu Collar imakhalanso ndi malo ogulitsira mphatso ku Leeds Castle.
- Culpeper Garden - Munda wachingerezi wa Chingerezi uli ndi mabokosi abwino kwambiri omwe amatha kusungira mitundu yobiriwira yamtundu wosakanikirana monga maluwa, pinki, lupins, ndi poppies.
- Malo Odyera - Mabotolo opitirira 8,000 a vinyo amapangidwa chaka chilichonse kuchokera ku munda wa mpesa. Vinyo wotchedwa Leeds Castle wopambana mphoto akugulitsidwa kokha ku malo odyera ndi malo ogulitsira nsanja.
Ukwati ku Leeds Castle
Leeds Castle imapereka maanja anayi okondweretsa komanso okongoletsera ukwati wachikhristu: Library, Dining Room, Gate House, ndi Terrace. Kuwonjezera pa malo osankhidwa a phwando laukwati oyenerera pamisonkhano komanso misonkhano yambiri, nyumbayi ili ndi zipinda 37 zomwe zimapezeka kwa okwatirana kumene ndi alendo awo kuti apitirire.
Ntchito zaukwati za Leeds Castle zimaphatikizapo kukonza maluwa, ndi maluwa okongola, ndi mavinyo ndi masewera ochokera kumalo osungira nyumba a Norman.
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Ngakhale kuti alendo pafupifupi 500,000 amapita ku Leeds Castle pachaka, iwo amene amayenda kalembedwe amatenga Venice Simplon-Orient-Express British Pullman ulendo waulendo wochokera ku London.Msonkhano wa pa 9:30 mmawa pa sitima yapamtunda ya Victoria, gulu laling'ono likutsogoleredwa ndi mtsogoleri wodziwa bwino amene amawatenga kudzera pa mphunzitsi kupita ku nsanja.
Ali panjira, okwera ndege amakondwera ndi ulendo wawo pamene akuyang'ana ku England.
Anthu amene amayenda mu kasupe amatha kuona ana a nkhosa obadwa kumene akuyenda pambali pa mphutsi zawo mobiriwira.
Pamene alendo ena ayenera kuyima patali kuchokera ku nyumbayi, galimoto yopita ku East-Express ikuyandikira pafupi ndi khomo ndipo imakhala itayima pamenepo mpaka itachoka.
Atafika, alendo ogwira ntchito ku East-Express amapatsidwa mpukutu wokoma ndi khofi kapena tiyi ku malo odyera a Leeds Castle ndipo amapereka kabuku kokondweretsa. Iwo ali ndi maola oposa awiri kuti afufuze nyumba ndi malo, yomwe ndi nthawi yokwanira. (Kamera ndiyenera.)
Ndiye kubwerera pa basi, kukwera ulendo wopita ku Harborestone Harbor, komwe British Pullman ikuyembekezera. Patsiku lomveka bwino, mapiri oyera a Dover amawonekera kuchokera ku doko.
Chimwemwe chachiwiri cha tsikuli, atatha kukhala ndi Leeds Castle, akukwera mbiri yakale ya British Pullman. Kuchokera kumtunda wokonzanso bwino wamakono 1920s kapena 30s, okwera ndege amasangalala ndi masabata atatu pamodzi ndi champagne ndi vinyo monga malo a Britain akuwonekera pawindo.
Posakhalitsa, sitimayo imabwerera ku London nthawi ya 5 koloko masana, ndikusiya anthu okumbukira zinthu zosaiwalika za nsanja yokonda kwambiri ya dziko - ndi ulendo wokongola wopita kwawo.