ʻO Antwerp, he kūlanakauhale awa ikaika: ma waena o ke kālepa a me ka mōʻaukala

ʻO Antwerp, he kūlanakauhale awa ikaika: ma waena o ke kālepa a me ka mōʻaukala

Aia ma ka ʻākau o Belgium, ʻo Antwerp kahi kūlanakauhale awa ikaika i hana nui i ke kālepa ʻEulopa no nā kenekulia. ʻO kona mōʻaukala waiwai a me kona kūlana ʻāina he mea pono ia e ʻike no ka poʻe aloha moʻolelo a me ka moʻomeheu.

Hoʻomaka ka moʻolelo o Antwerp i ka wā Roma, i ka wā i lilo ai ke kūlanakauhale i hale kūʻai kālepa nui. I ka wā o ka Middle Ages, ua lilo ia i awa kālepa nui ma ʻEulopa Komohana, e huki ana i nā mea kālepa mai ka honua holoʻokoʻa. Ua hauʻoli ke kūlanakauhale i kahi manawa o ka pōmaikaʻi i ke kenekulia 16, ʻoiai ʻo ia ke kapikala waiwai a me ka moʻomeheu o ka Netherlands Netherlands.

He kuleana koʻikoʻi ke awa o Antwerp i ka hoʻomohala ʻana o ke kūlanakauhale. Me kona kūlana ma ke kahawai ʻo Scheldt, ʻo ia ka wahi haʻalele no nā moku kalepa e holo ana i ʻEulopa a me ʻEulopa Hikina. I kēia lā, ʻo ke awa ʻo Antwerp kekahi o nā awa nui loa o ka honua, me nā kaʻa moana nui a me nā mea hou.

Ma waho aʻe o kona waiwai waiwai, ʻo Antwerp kekahi kūlanakauhale waiwai i ka mōʻaukala a me ka moʻomeheu. ʻO ke kikowaena mōʻaukala o Antwerp he hale kiʻi kiʻi ʻoiaʻiʻo, me nā hale mai ka Middle Ages a me ka Renaissance. ʻO Notre-Dame Cathedral, me kona puʻupuʻu kupanaha, he hiʻohiʻona kupaianaha o ka hoʻolālā Gothic. ʻO ka moku ʻo Vieux Port kekahi wahi e poina ʻole, me kona mau alanui cobbled a me nā hale kaulana.

ʻIke ʻia ʻo Antwerp no kāna hana kiʻi. I ke kenekulia 16, he kikowaena koʻikoʻi ke kūlanakauhale o ka pena kiʻi Flemish, me nā mea pena kaulana e like me Rubens a me Van Dyck. Aia ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike ʻo Royal Museum of Fine Arts i kahi hōʻiliʻili kūikawā o nā kiʻi pena Flemish, mai ka Middle Ages a hiki i ke kenekulia 20. Hiki i ka poʻe aloha kiʻi ke kipa aku iā Rubens House, kahi noho mua o ka mea pena kaulana.

Ma waho aʻe o kāna hoʻoilina mōʻaukala a me ka hoʻoilina, ʻo Antwerp kahi kūlanakauhale ikaika a hou. ʻIke ʻia ke kūlanakauhale no kona ʻano a me ka hoʻolālā ʻana, me ka nui o nā mea hoʻolālā kaulana honua i loaʻa kā lākou studio ma Antwerp. ʻO ka Fashion District kahi wahi punahele no ka poʻe hoihoi kūʻai, me nā hale kūʻai hoʻolālā a me nā hale kūʻai nani.

ʻO Antwerp kekahi kūlanakauhale ola moʻomeheu. I loko o ka makahiki, mālama ke kūlanakauhale i nā hanana a me nā ʻoliʻoli, e like me ka Antwerp Fashion Festival a me ka Jazz Festival. Ua ʻike ʻia ka poʻe o Antwerp no ko lākou ʻoluʻolu a me ka joie de vivre, kahi i lilo ai ke kūlanakauhale i wahi ʻoluʻolu e kipa aku ai.

I ka hopena, ʻo Antwerp kahi kūlanakauhale awa ikaika e hoʻohui i ke kālepa a me ka mōʻaukala. ʻO kona waiwai i hala aku nei he wahi hoihoi ia no ka poʻe aloha moʻolelo, ʻoiai ʻo kona ʻano hou a me ke ola moʻomeheu e lilo ia i wahi hoihoi no ka poʻe huakaʻi. Inā makemake ʻoe i ka hoʻolālā ʻana, ke kiʻi, ke ʻano a i ʻole ke ʻimi wale ʻana i ke kūlanakauhale ikaika, nui nā mea e hāʻawi aku ai ʻo Antwerp.