I-Belgravia, indawo ye-chic yaseLondon

Yenye yeendawo zefashoni, ubukhazikhazi, ezopolitiko kunye nokuzonwabisa. Sibhekisa kuyo Belgravia, Esisithili esikumbindi we Londres kwisixeko sase Westminster, emi emazantsi-ntshona eBuckingham Palace. Kwaye ibonakalisiwe, ngokuchanekileyo ukuba likomkhulu lezindlu zabalinganiswa abadumileyo kwezopolitiko zesiNgesi.

IBelgravia ibophelelwe yiKnightsbridge ukuya emantla, iGrosvenor Place kunye neBuckingham Palace Road ukuya empuma, iPimlico Road ukuya emazantsi, kunye neSitalato iStane ngasentshona. Ngokukodwa, uninzi lwendawo lwaluphantsi kukaRichard Grosvenor, 2 Marquis waseWestminster, owayezinze apho ukuqala ngee-1820s.

Kukhenketho lwendawo uyakuqaphela ukuba iBelgravia iphawulwa ngamathala amakhulu ezindlu ze-stucco ezimhlophe kwaye ikufutshane neBelgrave Square kunye ne-Eaton Square. Yayiyenye yezona ndawo ziphambili zaseLondon kwizithili zokuhlala ukusukela ekuqaleni, kwaye iyaqhubeka injalo unanamhla.

Yindawo ethe cwaka embindini weLondon, ngokuchaseneyo nezithili ezingabamelwane eziye zahlala iivenkile ezininzi, izakhiwo ezinkulu zale ofisi, iihotele kunye neendawo zokuzonwabisa. Kwangokunjalo, uninzi loonozakuzaku bakule ndawo, ngakumbi eBelgrave Square.

Abahlali abaziwayo baseBelgravia badlulile kwizitalato zayo, njenge-Nkulumbuso uStanley Baldwin (1867-1947), Inkulumbuso u-Arthur Neville Chamberlain (1869-1940), umqambi wasePoland uFrederic Chopin (1810-1849), umqambi wase-Austrian uWolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756) -1791), umlingisi uVivien Leigh (1913-1967), umbhali wenoveli u-Ian Lancaster Fleming (1908-1964), umlingisi uSir Sean Connery, umlingisi uSir Roger Moore, kunye nembongi u-Lord Tennyson (1809-1892).

Namhlanje, abahlali bayo abadumileyo baquka indoda yesibini esisityebi eNgilane, u-Roman Abramovich, owayesakuba ngu-Mphathiswa u-Thatcher, ohlala e-Chester Square, kunye nomlingisi kunye nombhali u-Joan Collins. Ikwayindawo yokuzalwa yeNkosi uRandolph Churchill (utata kaSir Winston Churchill) kunye nomlingisi uChristopher Lee.