IGreenwich yisifunda esinomlando saseLondon, esisogwini olungakwesokudla loMfula iThames. Kodwa-ke, siyini isizathu sokuthi uvame ukukhunjulwa ku-TV naku-Intanethi? Kulesi sihloko, sizokutshela ukuthi kungani iGreenwich ithandwa kangaka.
Umlando weGreenwich
Le ndawo yakhiwa cishe emakhulwini amahlanu eminyaka edlule, noma ngabe ngaleso sikhathi kwakuyindawo engaziwa, eyayibizwa ngokuthi "indawo eluhlaza". Ngekhulu le-16, abamele umndeni wasebukhosini, ababethanda ukuphumula lapha, badonsela ukunakekelwa kukho.
Ekupheleni kwekhulu le-17, ngokomyalo kaCharles II Stuart, ukwakhiwa kwesikhungo esikhulu sokubuka kwaqala kule ndawo. Ngenxa yalokhu, iRoyal Observatory yaba yinto ekhanga kakhulu eGreenwich, okuyiyona nanamuhla.
Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, bekungalesi sakhiwo lapho kudwetshwe khona i-zero meridian, iGreenwich, ebala ubude bezindawo nobude besikhathi emhlabeni. Iqiniso elithandekayo ukuthi lapha ungaba ngasikhathi sinye kuzo zombili izingxenyana zomhlaba zaseNtshonalanga naseMpumalanga, kanye nasezingeni elingu-zero lobude.
Lesi sikhungo sigcina iMuseum of Astronomical and Navigation Devices. I- "Time Ball" edume umhlaba wonke ifakiwe lapha, yenziwa ukuthuthukisa ukunemba kokuzulazula. Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi eGreenwich kunetshe lesikhumbuzo le-zero meridian kanye nesiqeshana sethusi esihlanganayo.
Enye yezinto ezikhangayo eGreenwich yiRoyal Naval Hospital, eyakhiwa ngaphezu kwamakhulu amabili eminyaka adlule. Bambalwa abantu abalaziyo iqiniso lokuthi kusukela ngo-1997 indawo yaseGreenwich ibingaphansi kokuvikelwa yi-UNESCO.
IGreenwich inesimo sezulu esipholile sasolwandle ngamahlobo afudumele nobusika obupholile. Ngaphansi nje koMfula iThames, kumbiwe umhubhe wabahamba ngezinyawo ongamamitha angu-370, oxhuma womabili amabhange. Ubuningi bezakhiwo zasendaweni zakhiwe ngesitayela se-Victorian sezakhiwo.
