Antwerp, mzinda wodabwitsa: pakati pa zomanga zamakono ndi nyumba zakale

Antwerp, mzinda wodabwitsa: pakati pa zomanga zamakono ndi nyumba zakale

Ili kumpoto kwa Belgium, Antwerp ndi mzinda womwe waphatikiza bwino zomanga zamakono komanso nyumba zakale. Kuphatikiza kwapadera kumeneku kumapangitsa Antwerp kukhala malo otchuka kwa okonda zaluso, mbiri komanso zomangamanga.

Pakatikati pa mzindawu pali chigawo cha mbiri yakale, chomwe chimadziwika kuti Old Town. Malowa ali odzaza ndi nyumba zokongola kwambiri, kuyambira nthawi zakale ndi Renaissance. Antwerp's Grand Place ndi mwala weniweni womanga, wokhala ndi nyumba zake zokongoletsedwa bwino. Nyumba za Maison des Brasseurs, Maison des Chats ndi Maison des Diamants ndi zitsanzo zochepa chabe za nyumba zamakedzanazi zimene zimachitira umboni zakale zaulemerero za mzindawo.

Koma Antwerp si mzinda chabe womwe unakhalapo kale. Ndiwonso malo obadwira omanga ambiri amakono omwe adasiya chizindikiro chawo mumzindawu. Chimodzi mwa zitsanzo zodziwika bwino za zomangamanga zamakono ku Antwerp ndi Museum of Contemporary Art, yopangidwa ndi katswiri wa zomangamanga wachi Dutch, Rem Koolhaas. Nyumba yolimba mtima komanso yamtsogolo iyi ndi mwaluso weniweni wa zomangamanga zamakono.

Kupatula Museum of Contemporary Art, Antwerp ilinso ndi nyumba zambiri zamakono zomwe ziyenera kuwonedwa. Antwerp Conference and Exhibition Center, yomwe imadziwikanso kuti "Het Zuid", ndi chitsanzo chochititsa chidwi cha zomangamanga zamakono. Zomangamangazi zimakhala ndi malo ochitira misonkhano, holo zowonetserako ndi maofesi, zonse zophatikizidwa ndi kapangidwe ka avant-garde.

Mukuyenda m'misewu ya Antwerp, mutha kupezanso miyala yamtengo wapatali monga Stoclet House, yopangidwa ndi katswiri wa zomangamanga wa ku Belgium Joseph Hoffmann. Nyumba ya Art Nouveau iyi ndi chuma chobisika, chokongoletsedwa ndi maluwa amaluwa komanso mkati mwake mwabwino kwambiri.

Koma zomangamanga si chuma chokha cha Antwerp. Mzindawu umadziwikanso ndi mafakitale ake opanga mafashoni, pomwe opanga otchuka monga Dries Van Noten ndi Ann Demeulemeester akuthandiza kupanga Antwerp kukhala likulu la mafashoni. MoMu, Antwerp Fashion Museum, ndi malo osayanjanitsika kwa okonda mafashoni, omwe ali ndi ziwonetsero zoperekedwa kwa opanga ku Belgian ndi mayiko ena.

Kupatula mafashoni, Antwerp imadziwikanso ndi doko lake, lomwe ndi limodzi mwamalo akulu kwambiri ku Europe. Doko lodziwika bwino ili, lomwe lili pa Scheldt, lidathandizira kwambiri pakukula kwachuma mumzindawu. Masiku ano n’zothekabe kuona zombo zonyamula katundu zikuyenda pa Scheldt, zomwe zikupereka m’tauniyo mkhalidwe wapadera wapanyanja.

Pomaliza, Antwerp ndi mzinda wolemera pachikhalidwe, wokhala ndi malo osungiramo zinthu zakale ambiri, malo owonetsera zojambulajambula ndi zisudzo. Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp ili ndi zojambulajambula zochititsa chidwi, kuyambira akatswiri aku Flemish monga Rubens ndi Van Dyck, mpaka ojambula amakono aku Belgian.

Pomaliza, Antwerp ndi mzinda womwe umagwirizanitsa zomanga zamakono ndi nyumba zakale. Chigawo chake chodziwika bwino chimakhala ndi zomanga, pomwe nyumba zake zamakono zimachitira umboni zaluso ndi kulimba mtima kwa omanga ake. Koma Antwerp ndi woposa mzinda wa zomangamanga, ndi likulu la mafashoni, doko lodziwika bwino komanso malo azikhalidwe. Ulendo wopita ku Antwerp ndiye ulendo weniweni kudutsa mbiri yakale, zojambulajambula ndi zomangamanga.