Iholide elinde ixesha elide lifikile! Uya kuphi na? Ukuba awufuni nje ukulala emagqabini egolide uze uye kumaqela obuqhophololo, kodwa nendlela yokucebisa umhlaba wakho wokomoya, ngoko kufuneka uhambe e-Italy! Sisiphi isixeko, ubuza? ERoma, eVenice, eMilan? Hayi, uFlorence, ndithandwa. Ukutyelela esi sixeko kanye, ngokuqinisekileyo uya kufuna ukubuyela apha kwakhona. Kuphi, njengokungathi kungekho eFlorence, unokucinga ngokuhle kunye nobulumko buntu kubonakaliswe kwimisebenzi yobugcisa, ihlabathi lonke? Musa ukugxotha, kwaye ungafuni ukuthatha ifowuni ukubiza umnxibelelwano wokutyelela kunye neethikithi zeencwadi kwi-Florence? Emva koko funda.
UFlorence uyinhloko enkulu enhle yaseTuscany. Ngokomlando, umzi wasungulwa nguJulius Caesar ngo-59 BC, ekuthiwa yi-Fiorentz, oku kuthetha "isixeko seentyantyambo".
Ngokungafani nezinye iidolophu zaseItali, iFlorence inamalungu amabandla, iinqanawa, iimyuziyam, iigalari kunye neendonga zamakhosi. ULeonardo da Vinci, uMichelangelo, uDante, Boccaccio, Galileo, uGiotto - zonke ezi zifundo zaza zaza zadalwa apha, kwisixeko sobugcisa - uFlorence. I-Tuscany yindawo yokuqala yokuzalwa yesiTaliyane. Into enjalo kukuba uDante wayengowokuqala weebongi kunye nabalobi abagqibelele ukudala umsebenzi wakhe "Ulwalamano Lwaphezulu" kungekhona kwisiLatini esiyinyumba, kodwa kwi-Italiya yangaphakathi. Ngendlela, i-Florentines ziqhayisa kakhulu ukuba uDante wayengumhlali wesixeko sawo. Ewe, njengokuba siyazi, waxoshwa kwisixeko. Kufuneka kuqatshelwe ukuba phantse zonke iindalo zeso sixeko zijoliswe kwiziko layo, ngoko awuyi kukwazi ukucinga yonke ubuhle kanyekanye. Ufuna nje ukubhuka ihotele kwiphondo lemizi, kwaye rhoqo xa uhamba kwibhontoni, ungayeki ukuvuya, ngokuba akuzange kube lula ukujongana nawe ngobuhle obuya kuthi "buza kusindisa ihlabathi."
Intsalane enkulu yeFlorence - iCathhedral iCathhedral Square, eyakhiwe ngo-1269. Inikezelwa kwiSt. Mary del Fiore - umphathi wesixeko. Ingummangaliso obalaseleyo ngobuhle kunye nezokwakha, apho imisebenzi yama-artists aseNtaliyane aqokelele khona.
I-Piazza della Signoria ithathwa njengesikwere esiphakathi kwesi sixeko. Nantsi i-Palazzo Vecchio, ukwakhiwa kokuqala emva kwe-1294 ngokweprojekthi yeArnolfo di Cambio. Ngoku esi sakhiwo nguMasipala waseFlorence.
Igalari ye-Uffizi yakhiwa ngokweprojekthi yeGeorge Vasari (1560-1580). Phakathi kobugcisa obuchazwe apha- "Ukubonga kwamaMagi" abeZizwe da Fabiano, "Ukuzalwa kweVenus" kunye ne "Spring" nguBotelli, imizobo nguRafael, Titi, Rubens, ePerugio. Ngaphandle kokundwendwela kule museum, awukwazi ukuba uthe wavakashela uFlorence. Kufana neendawo ezingcwele eMecca okanye kwaSirayeli.
Kufuneka kuthathelwe ukuba akulula ukufikelela kwigalari. Incwadi yamatikiti ngenyanga, i-atom ngaphambili. Kucacile ukuba ungumbhenkethi, kwaye uhambo lwakho oluya eItali lugqityiwe ngokwemigqaliselo, kodwa njengokuba amaTaliyane athi, "Akukho nto enokwenziwa!") Umyalelo uyawulungiswa, bafaka ithikithi kwangaphambili, okokuba, into engabizi - idlula, kwaye ukuba ungowokutyelela, nangona unxanxungu unxanelekile ukucinga yonke into kunye nento yonke, kodwa ngaphandle kwetikiti ezixabisekileyo - ekuphumeni!
Ngokubhekiselele kwezinye izinto ezikhangayo zikaFlorence, unokuzivakashela ngaphandle kokuthintelwa.
Isixeko siyaziwa ngokuba yi-Ponte Vecchio kwiindawo ezidumileyo zehlabathi. Ewe, luhlobo luni lentombazana alufuni ukushiya khona inani lemali elincinci into encinci?
Ngaba ucinga ukuba i-shopping ephezulu kakhulu inokwenzeka kuphela eMilan, inkulu yefashoni? E-Florence, uya kuhlaziya ngokuqinisekileyo yakho ikhabethe yakho yonke. Amathambo, izitishi zokunciphisa, ukuthengisa okuphambeneyo, iimveliso eziphezulu kunye neyaziwayo - konke oku kulindelekileyo kwisixeko sobuhle obungunaphakade.
Gucci. Kutheni ucinga ukuba sichaza igama lehlabathi elidumileyo? KwakuseFlorence, ngo-1904, kunye noonyana bakhe, wavula i-boutique yakhe yokuqala apha. E-Florence, ezininzi zeevenkile zokuzicoca kunye neziqhumiso, apho uza kufumana iimveliso zabavelisi baseNtaliyane bekhwalithi ephakamileyo, kodwa engaziwa kuwe. Qiniseka ukuthenga. Ngubani, ngokungathi kungekhona isiNtaliyane, ukubeka iliso ngokukhawuleza ukubonakala kwawo kwaye azi ngaphezu kweyodwa iresiphi yobuhle?
Ekugqibeleni, uFlorence, njengalowo nawuphi na umzi wase-Italy, udume ngokutya kwakhe ngokutya okumnandi kwesiNtaliyane. Uyakuthanda ekuboneni kuqala, okanye kunoko, ukusuka kwisiqephu sokuqala. Uza kuziva ngeyona nto ephezulu, xa uzonambitha isidlo saseNtaliyane, sihlale sikhumbula ukuba amaxabiso kwiindawo zokutyela (kwaye kungekhona kuphela kuzo) anokukhawuleza ukuwa phantsi. UFlorence ngenye yeedolophu ezibiza kakhulu kwiItali, kwaye yonke into kuba ilapha inani elikhulu kunazo zonke. Ewe, ukuya eFlorence kuza kukuhlawula ngaphezu kohambo oluya eRimini, eTurin okanye naseRoma. Kodwa kholwa kum, kuxabiseke.
Kwiminyaka embalwa edlulileyo, uFlorence wayebizwa ngokuba ngumzi onamandla kakhulu kulo lonke elaseItali. A ndi kholelwa? Xa ufika, ngokuqinisekileyo uya kuziva unesisindo somdla kunye nesithandabuzo sobomi baseFlorence.