Greenwich ndi dera lodziwika bwino ku London, lomwe lili kumphepete kumanja kwa mtsinje wa Thames. Komabe, chifukwa chiyani ndikuti amakumbukiridwa nthawi zambiri pa TV komanso pa intaneti? M'nkhaniyi tikuwuzani chifukwa chake Greenwich ndiyotchuka kwambiri.
Mbiri yaku Greenwich
Dera ili lidapangidwa pafupifupi zaka 5 zapitazo, ngakhale panthawiyo anali malo osadziwika, omwe amatchedwa "mudzi wobiriwira". M'zaka za zana la 16, oimira banja lachifumu, omwe amakonda kupumula pano, adaziwonetsa.
Kumapeto kwa zaka za zana la 17, mwalamulo la Charles II Stuart, ntchito yomanga yayikulu yayamba pano. Zotsatira zake, Royal Observatory idakhala chokopa chachikulu ku Greenwich, chomwe mpaka pano.
Popita nthawi, munali mwa kapangidwe kameneka komwe zero meridian, Greenwich, idakokedwa, yomwe imawerengera kutalika kwa nthawi ndi nthawi padziko lapansi. Chosangalatsa ndichakuti apa mutha kukhalanso nthawi zonse kumadzulo ndi kumadzulo kwa dziko lapansi, komanso kutalika kwa zero.
Malo oyang'anira nyumbayi amakhala ndi Museum of Astronomical and Navigation Devices. Wotchuka padziko lonse "Time Ball" waikidwa pano, wopangidwa kuti athandize kulondola kwakunyanja. Ndizosangalatsa kudziwa kuti ku Greenwich kuli chipilala cha zero meridian komanso cholumikizira cholumikizira mkuwa.
Chimodzi mwa zokopa zazikulu za Greenwich ndi Royal Naval Hospital, yomangidwa zaka mazana awiri zapitazo. Ndi anthu ochepa okha omwe amadziwa kuti kuyambira 1997 dera la Greenwich lakhala lotetezedwa ndi UNESCO.
Greenwich ili ndi nyengo yotentha yam'nyanja yotentha komanso yotentha. Pansi penipeni pa mtsinje wa Thames, kukumba msewu wapansi wamamita 370, wolumikiza mabanki onse awiri. Nyumba zambiri zakomweko zimamangidwa monga kalembedwe ka Victoria.
