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- Shekara ta tushe: 1799
Penang ta tsibirin Malaysian sanannen sanannen yankin mulkin mallaka - Georgetown . A nan babban motsi na yawon shakatawa shine tsohon Fort Cornwallis (Fort Cornwallis).
Janar bayani
Citadel ya fara kafa karkashin jagorancin Birtaniya Francis Light a gabashin jihar na 1786, kuma ya ƙare a 1799.
Babban manufar da aka yi amfani da shi shi ne samar da tsaro a kan tsibirin kuma ya kare bakin teku daga fashin teku. Asali don gina Cornwallis da aka yanke shawarar daga itatuwan dabino. Ta wannan hanyar, an hana dakin daji don kare ginin.
Mutanen garin ba su gaggauta taimakawa mulkin mallaka ba, kuma Birtaniya basu da hannayensu. Francis Light ya umarce shi da ya ɗaura gun din tare da tsabar kudi na azurfa kuma ya kai har zuwa gandun daji. Wannan dalili ya amince da 'yan asalin, kuma shafin ya shirya don gina cikin watanni 2.
A cikin karni na XIX, duk gine-gine, tare da katako na katako, an rufe su da dutse da tubali. Ma'aikata a cikin gine-gine sun taimaka wa fursunoni na gidajen kurkuku. An ba da sunan sa na zamani a sansanin soja don girmama Charles Cornwallis. Shi ne kwamandan kwamandan sojojin Birtaniya a Indiya da kuma gwamnan jihar Gabas ta Indiya.
Domin duk tarihinsa, ba a taɓa amfani da ɗakin guje don aikin soja ba. Ya zama cibiyar kulawa ga mazaunan Birtaniya dake zaune a tsibirin. A ƙasar Cornwallis, an gina ɗakin ikilisiyar Krista, dukkan tsibirin addinai sun ziyarci shi.
Batun yana a halin yanzu
Yau masallaci na tarihi ne. A lokacin ziyarar za ku ga irin wadannan gine-ginen kamar yadda:
- Ƙungiyoyin cannoni na zamani, an saka su a kan ganuwar mita 4 na sansanin soja;
- ammonium depots;
- barracks;
- ɗakin sujada;
- hasken rana.
A cikin karni na 20 na karni na XX, an cika ruwa da ruwa (nisansa 9 m ne, kuma zurfin ya kai 2 m), wanda ya kewaye Cornwallis. Babban dalilin wannan aikin shine annobar cutar malaria a yankin.
Amma gwanin tagulla (wanda ya harbe tsabar kudi F. Light) ya kai kwanakinmu. Yana da tarihi mai ban mamaki, domin Birtaniya da Yaren mutanen Holland suka yi yaƙi da su, sannan daga bisani wasu 'yan fashi suka sace bindigogi da kuma ambaliya daga bakin tekun Malaysia , daga inda ya samu Birtaniya daga bisani. Mazauna mazauna sun ba da makamai tare da iyawa masu ban mamaki kuma suna fada game da irin abubuwan da suka faru. Alal misali, don yin hanzari cikin sauri, mace tana bukatar sanya furanni na furanni a kusa da karanta sallar da ta dace.
Hanyoyin ziyarar
A kan yankin na d ¯ a na dā akwai gidan kayan gargajiya mai ban sha'awa. Ya gaya wa masu ziyara game da tarihin garin. Har ila yau akwai cibiyar fasaha da kuma kantin kyauta da ke sayar da kayayyakin asali, masu daraja da ɗakunan ajiya waɗanda ke nuna ainihin asali.
Kusa da Cornwallis karamin gari ne, kuma daga bangon dakin ma'adinan yana ba da kyan gani. A kan bukukuwa a kusa da sansanin soja, ana nuna shirye-shiryen murnar, wanda ya gabatar da baƙi ga abubuwan tarihi da rayuwar masu mulkin mallaka.
Farashin farashi na masu yawon bude ido a kan shekarun 18 shine $ 1, kuma ga matasa, shigarwa kyauta ne. Domin kima za ku iya hayan mai jagora. Yawon shakatawa yana da kimanin awa 2. Ana bada shawara don shan ruwan sha da kuma sutura zuwa ɗakin.
Yadda za a je Cornwallis?
Daga tsakiyar Penang zuwa sansanin, masu yawon bude ido za su yi tafiya ko motsa ta hanyar Pengkalan Weld, Lebuh Light da Jalan Masjid Kapitan Keling. Nisa nisan kilomita 2 ne. Hakanan zaka iya samun wurin ta bas, wanda yana da alamar SAT. Suna tafiya a kowace awa, kuma tafiya ya kai minti 10.