United Kingdom, Devon, Torquay
Torquay
Ridgeway Road
, TQ1 2ND
Torquay (tor-KEE) ndi tawuni yomwe ili m'mbali mwa nyanja ku Devon, England, gawo la ulamuliro wogwirizana ku Torbay. Ili pa 18 miles (29 km) kumwera kwa tawuni ya Exeter ndi 28 miles (45 km) kum'mawa-kumpoto chakum'mawa kwa Plymouth, kumpoto kwa Tor Bay, moyandikana ndi tawuni yoyandikana nayo ya Paignton kumadzulo kwa bay ndi kudutsa doko losodza la Brixham. Chuma cha tawuniyi, monga cha Brixham, poyamba chimadalira pa usodzi ndi zaulimi, koma koyambirira kwa zaka za zana la 19 zidayamba kukhala malo opangira nyanja, omwe nthawi zambiri ankayendetsedwa ndi Royal Navy munkhondo za Napoleon pomwe Royal Navy idakhazikika mu bay. Pambuyo pake, kutchuka kwa tawuniyi kunkafalikira, inali yotchuka ndi gulu la a Victoria. Wodziwikiratu chifukwa cha nyengo yake yofatsa, tawuniyi idatchedwa dzina lakuti English Riviera. Wolemba Agatha Christie adabadwira mtawuniyi ndipo amakhala ku Ashfield ku Torquay pazaka zake zoyambirira. Pali "Agatha Christie Mile", ulendowu wokhala ndi zikwangwani zodzipereka pamoyo wake ndi ntchito yake. Wolemba ndakatulo Elizabeth Barrett Browning amakhala mtawuniyi kuyambira 1837 mpaka 1841 mogwirizana ndi malingaliro a dokotala wake kuti amuchiritse matenda omwe ali amaganiza kuti mwina anali chifuwa chachikulu. Nyumba yake yakale tsopano ndi gawo la Regina Hotel ku Vaughan Parade.Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/