Inyoka, ILa Serpentina (ekwabizwa ngokuba yi-Serpentina River) yihektare ezingama-28 zokuzonwabisa kwi Hyde Park, London, yenziwa ngo-1730 kwaye yathatha igama layo ukusuka kwimo yayo yenyoka kumagophe ayo.
Ngo-1730 uKumkanikazi uCaroline, unkosikazi kaGeorge II, wayalela ukwakhiwa kwamadama kuMlambo iWestbourne eHyde Park njengenxalenye yophuhliso ngokutsha lweHyde Park kunye neKensington Gardens. Ngelo xesha, iWestbourne yayenze amachibi endalo alishumi elinanye epakini.
Ngexesha le-1730s, ichibi lagcwaliswa kubungakanani bayo ngoku kunye nemilo. Olu hlengahlengiso lwenziwa ngumlimi wegadi uCharles Bridgeman, owayequlathe iWestbourne ukwenza ichibi elenziwe ngabantu, kwaye wemba ichibi elikhulu embindini weeKensington Gardens (ichibi elijikelezileyo) ukuze libe yindawo ekugxilwe kuyo. ipaki.
ILa Serpentina yenye yamachibi okuqala enziwe ngabantu ayilelwe ukubonakala indalo kwaye yayixeliswa ngokubanzi kwiipaki kunye neegadi kwilizwe liphela. Emantla ayo kukho imithombo emihlanu ejikelezwe yimifanekiso eqingqiweyo kunye nemifanekiso eqingqiweyo, indawo leyo yaziwa ngokusemthethweni njengeeGadi zaseNtaliyane.
Ilitye lesikhumbuzo elikhulu lobhedu ku-Edward Jenner, umphuhlisi wesitofu sokugonya sale mihla, ulawula le ndawo kwaye yayiqale ibekwe eTrafalgar Square ngo-1858, kodwa kwiminyaka emine kamva yasiwa kwindawo yayo yangoku.
Ngenxa yobume bayo obungonakaliswanga, yenza indawo yokuhlala yezilwanyana zasendle kwaye ikhethwe njengendawo yokugcina iintaka. Kukho ichibi elingunxande kunxweme olusemazantsi elavulwa ngo-1930. Iyaziwa njengeLido Lansbury, kwaye yahlulwe kulo lonke eli chibi ngumjikelezo weeboys. Kukho umrhumo wokungena kwi-Lido, kwaye amagumbi okutshintsha ayafumaneka kwaye avulekileyo kuphela ehlotyeni, ihlala ingu-10: 00-17: 30 pm. Kukwakho nezikhephe ezikhoyo kumnqophiso.