Iindawo zeLifa leMveli zeHlabathi ziindawo eziseMhlabeni ezinexabiso elibalaseleyo kuluntu. Ngamanye amazwi, ezi propati kufuneka zibe nokubaluleka kungekuphela nje kumazwe ezikuwo, kodwa kwihlabathi liphela. Ngaloo ndlela, ziye zabhalwa kuluhlu lweLifa leMveli leHlabathi ukuze zikhuselwe ukuze izizukulwana ezizayo ziwuxabise kwaye zizonwabele.
IBarbados yajoyina iqela eliphakamileyo lezizwe ezineepropati zeLifa leMveli xa iHistoric Bridgetown kunye neGarrison yayo ibhalwe kuluhlu lweLifa leMveli le-UNESCO NgoJuni 25, 2011. Lo mbhalo ngumsebenzi omangalisayo welizwe elincinci lesiqithi saseCaribbean. Ibonise ithuba lokulungisa ukungalingani okucacileyo kwejografi kwiindawo ezisuka kwiLatin America nakwiCaribbean. Ukuzibophelela kwe-UNESCO ekuchongeni, ekukhuselweni, nasekugcinweni kwelifa lemveli lenkcubeko nendalo yehlabathi kufakwe kwiNgqungquthela ephathelele kuKhuseleko lweLifa leNkcubeko neNdalo yeHlabathi (1972).
Ukubaluleka ngokwembali
Ukusukela ekuhlalweni kweYurophu phantse iminyaka engama-400 eyadlulayo, iBridgetown yaba lizibuko elikhulu lokuthunyelwa kwempahla, kubandakanya iswekile, kunye nabantu abagqilazwe kwiBritish Atlantic World. Iipateni zokuhlala ezingaqhelekanga zaseBridgetown kunye noyilo lwesitrato lwasekuqaleni lwenkulungwane ye-17 lubonisa impembelelo yamandulo yabahlali baseNgesi ekuqaleni kucwangciso lwedolophu. Uphuhliso lwayo oluzenzekelayo kunye noyilo lwesitrato senyoka luxhase uphuhliso kunye nenguqu yeendlela ezidalwe yindalo yolwakhiwo lwetropikhi olwakhiwe ngabasebenzi baseAfrika ngendlela yaseYurophu. Barbados yayilizibuko lokuqala lokufowunela iinqanawa ezaziwela iAtlantiki. Indawo esikuyo esi siqithi yadala ithuba lobuchule lomkhosi, likhusela umdla worhwebo waseBritane ngokuchasene nokuhlaselwa kwamaFrentshi, iSpanish kunye namaDatshi, ngelixa iphinda ibonise amandla obukhosi baseBritane kulo mmandla. Iindawo zezibuko ezinqatyisiweyo zedolophu zazidityaniswe ecaleni kwendlela yeBay Street ukusuka edolophini ukuya eGarrison, ijikeleza iCarlisle Bay. Inkqubo entsonkothileyo yorhulumente wasemkhosini yavela kwi-Historic Bridgetown's Garrison emva ko-1650 kwaye indawo leyo yaphuhliswa yaba yenye yezona nkampu zigcweleyo nezisebenzayo zaseBritane kwi-Atlantic World.
I-Historic Bridgetown kunye neGarrison yayo ithathe inxaxheba kurhwebo lwamazwe ngamazwe kungekuphela nje kwempahla kunye nabantu, kodwa kunye nokusasazwa kwemibono kunye neenkcubeko kwi-colonial Atlantic World. Ngenkulungwane ye-17, ubudlelwane borhwebo basekwa neNgilani, uMntla Merika, iAfrika kunye neCaribbean yobukoloniyali, nto leyo eyenza izibuko libe liziko lezorhwebo, lokuhlaliswa kunye nokuxhaphaza.
Bridgetown Namhlanje
I-Bridgetown namhlanje isasebenza njengenye yeendawo zeshishini kunye nezorhwebo zesiqithi. Abakhenkethi bayakuxabisa ubuninzi beevenkile ezinkulu kunye nokuthenga simahla okufumaneka eBridgetown, kunye nomtsalane wasekhaya oziswa sisixeko. Abathengisi basezitalatweni abaneetreyi ezimibalabala zemveliso entsha kunye nempahla basafumaneka beqhuba urhwebo lwabo kwiindawo ezithile kwiBridgetown. I-marina yangaphakathi kunye ne-Chamberlain Bridge eyaziwayo yenza indawo ekhuselekileyo yezikhephe zokuloba, ii-catamarans kunye nobugcisa bokuzonwabisa. Isiphelo sempuma se-boardwalk sikhokelela kwi-Independence Square, indawo yokuphumla ezolileyo embindini wesixeko. Isikwere sineebhentshi ezininzi ezibonelela ngeembono ezintle zamanzi kwezinye zezakhiwo zembali zaseBridgetown, kuquka neSakhiwo sePalamente.
