Calatrava La Vieja Aljibe

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Country

Spain

Region

Castilla-La Mancha

Age

Medieval

Provenance

Calatrava La Vieja

Internal ID

CLV_Total_ImagesJDV

Digitization date

11/9/2018; 13/9/2018

Digitization method

Laser Scanner

Photos / scans number

1698

Hardware

Faro S70, Sony A7iii

Lens

35 mm

Lighting

natural

This aljibe (cistern) was built inside the Calatrava La Vieja (Spain) fortress in early Islamic times to guarantee water supply. In the last 1/3 of the 13th century it became a prison. During imprisonment, the captives left many drawings on the walls, made with coal or incised with a punch. These drawings represent scenes of hunting or war on horseback, calatravo warriors, birds, various types of weapons, and phrases in Arabic. Access to this aljibe is not available to the general public due to conservation concerns.

3D model combines photogrammetry (Sony A7Riii) and laser scanning (FARO S70) datasets, processed in Reality Capture software.

Thanks to Baraka Arqueólogos for thier support on this project.