The Hanging Gardens of Babylon - Висячие сады Вавилона
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon were considered
by the ancient world to be among the wonders of the
world. Their construction is usually ascribed to Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Chaldea. The legend has it that
the king built the gardens for his favourite wife who
came to the flat plains of Babylon from a hilly land.
The gardens formed a square with an area of nearly
four acres, and rose in terraces, supported by arches, to
a height of 75 feet. They were irrigated from a reservoir
built at the top, to which water was lifted from the
Euphrates. Groves of palm trees and tree-ferns were
planted there, and the gardens were filled with the finest flowers of the land.
In 323 В. С. Alexander the Great with his victorious
troops entered Babylon. He intended to round the Arabian peninsula and make his way to Egypt and then
to Europe. But he never left Babylon. He died in the
Hanging Gardens built by the Chaldean king.
Later the building of the gardens came to be attributed to Semiramis, the mythical Queen of Assyria, a
woman of great beauty and wisdom, the reputed founder of Babylon and many other cities.
1. Висячие сады Вавилона, или сады Семирамиды, считались в древнем мире одним из семи чудес света. 2. Сады были разбиты на террасах, поддерживаемых арками и колоннами. 3. В садах были рощи, в которых росли редкие цветы и великолепные деревья и растения. 4. Сады возвышались над равниной на высоте 75 футов и на расстоянии напоминали огромную пирамиду, поросшую деревьями. 5. Создание висячих садов приписывается халдейскому царю Навуходоносору, желавшему доставить удовольствие своей любимой жене, скучавшей по своей родине, далекой горной стране. 6. Нередко висячие сады приписываются ассирийской царице Семирамиде, считающейся основательницей Вавилона.