Fort George (Port Antonio)


Ɗaya daga cikin manyan abubuwan jan hankali na birnin Port Antonio a Jamaica shine sojojin soja na Fort George.

Don kare iyakokin jihar

Bukatar gina ginin soja ya bayyana a shekara ta 1728, lokacin da dangantakar dake tsakanin tsibirin tsibirin Spain da mawuyacin hali, kuma barazana ga mamayewa. Bayan shekara guda, an fara gina ginin makamai, wanda masanin injiniya Kirista Lilly ya jagoranci. Gidan ya sami karfin gaske yayin da yake aiki a kan Royal Citadel a Plymouth. Sabon gwaninta na Lilly ya zama kyaftar da ta rage. Bastion ya zama sanannun sunan Fort George saboda girmama masarautar sarki George I.

Sakamakon wani soja na soja a Portland County ya yanke shawara ba wai kawai ya kare iyakokin jihohi daga kasashen waje ba, amma har ma don tsayayya da hare-haren bautar da bawa da suka shiga cikin zanga-zangar, ƙoƙarin kawar da sarki.

Fort George a jiya da yau

Fort George Fortress a cikin mafi kyaun shekaru ya iya saukar da wani baturi soja dauke da 22 bindigogi, 8 daga cikinsu ne manyan cannon. Wurin ganuwar yana da ƙarfin da babu wani bindigogi a wancan lokaci wanda zai iya haifar da mummunan lalacewa. Abin baƙin cikin shine, lokacin bai kare Fort George ba, kuma duk abin da 'yan yawon bude ido ke gani a yau shine bangare ne kawai na garu mai garu da baturi.

A cikin tarihinsa, an yi amfani da takunkumi ne kawai don manufa ta nufa, lokacin da yakin duniya na biyu ya zama tushen aikin horar da jiragen ruwa na Birtaniya a yankin. A yau, wuraren da suka tsira, sun shiga cikin ɗakunan ajiya, ana amfani da su don gudanar da tarurruka a makarantar Titchfield.

Bayani mai amfani

Zaka iya ziyarci Fort George a kowane lokaci dace maka. Babu cajin da za a iya shiga da kuma dubawa.

Yadda za a samu can?

Je zuwa wurin da kake so ta mota, ta hanyar shiga 18 ° 8 '24 "N, 76 ° 28 '12" W.