Hale Kūlana o Barrakka


ʻO Valletta kekahi o nā kūlanakauhale paʻa i Malta i koe a hiki i kēia lā. He kūlana kūʻokoʻa ia me nā hanana nui: kokoke i kēlā me kēia hale he hale kiʻi hoʻolālā a he nui ka manawa e aʻo pono i ke kūlanakauhale. E hoʻomaka i kouʻike me ke kūlanakauhale ma ka heleʻana i nā Haleʻo Barracca ma kahi e hiki ai iāʻoe keʻoluʻolu i nā hiʻohiʻona nani loa o Valletta, akā, no nā awa, nā pā kaua, nā bay a me nā moku e hōʻea mai ana i ke awa.

Nāʻike nui

Aia nā māla ma luna o nā papa o St. Paul lāuaʻo Petero. ʻO ka mea hoʻokumu i kā lākou hanaʻana,ʻo iaʻo Nic Nicholas Cottoner, iʻikeʻia no ka hoʻohuiʻana i nā kūlanakauhaleʻo Vittoriosa, Senglei, a me Cospiquua ( ʻekolu mau kūlanakauhale ) me nā lālaniʻelua o nā pale pale (ka "Cottoner line"). Ua makemake maoli ka hale paʻa i kahi mokupuni'ōmaʻomaʻo, ai ka makahiki 1663 ua haki nā kīhāpai Barrakka.

I ka wā mua,ʻo ka Barracka Gardens he waiwai kūʻokoʻa ia o nā naita Italia a ua paniʻia i nā malihini mai ka poʻe malihini, no laila ma mua ua kapaʻia nā mālaʻo "The Garden of Italian Itans". ʻO nā liana Italia i makemake e hana i nā ahiahi ma nā papa hauʻoli o nā kīhāpai, e hūnā mai ka wela wela i loko o ka malu o nā lāʻau momona a hoʻonā i kaʻala o ka pine, eucalyptus a me ka oander, mahalo i nā pua pua me nā pūnāwai liʻiliʻi. I ka makahiki 1824 ua weheʻia ka māla no ka hoʻohana nuiʻana.

Ua pilikia nui nā māla Barrakka mai nā lele o ka makani i ka wā o ke Kaua Honua II, akā, ma hope o ka hoʻomanaʻo houʻana, e hauʻoli hou ana lākou i nā ala huki, nā mohala pua, nā kiʻi a me nā monumoku, ma ke ala, uaʻoi aku ka nui ma mua o nā kaha'ōmaʻomaʻo. I ka makahiki 1903, ua hoʻolālāʻia ka māla me kahi'āpana keleawe o ke kālai kiʻi Maltese o Antonio Shortino - "Gavroshi", i hanaʻia ma lalo o ka manaʻo o Victor Hugo "Les Miserables" a hōʻike i nā pilikia a pau i hāʻule i Malta i ka hoʻomakaʻana o ke kenekulia 20. E hoʻiʻoe i loko o ka māla eʻikeʻoe i kahi liʻiliʻi o Churchill a he wahi hoʻomanaʻo i hoʻolaʻaʻia no ke kia'āina o ka mokupuni - Sir Thomas Beitland. ʻO kahi hiʻohiʻona o ka Haleʻo Barrakkaʻo Upper Sallka,ʻo ia nō ka salvo artillery o 11 mau pū, aia ma mua i kaʻaoʻao haʻahaʻa o ka waihona haʻahaʻa o ka poʻe Peter Peter lāuaʻo Paulo.

ʻAʻole hiki ke kahaha iāʻoe i nā mālaʻo Barrakka me ko lākou nui - heʻuʻuku loa lākou, akā, me ko lākouʻano liʻiliʻi, e hoʻohui i nā pono a pau o kahi pā hale, kūkumu like a me kahi hoʻokipa nani.

Pehea e hiki ai i laila a manawa hea e kipa aku ai?

No ka heleʻana i nā māla Barrakka hiki iāʻoe ke hele: mai ka Hale Zekarana e huli hema, e hele i kaʻOpera House, a laila eʻikeʻoe i ka'īpuka. Hoʻoukaʻia nā māla o Barrakka i nā lā a hiki i ka 9 pm,ʻaeʻole ka hoʻokomo.