Cieza Museum Arch #5

Distance:
Country

Spain

Region

Murcia

Age

Medieval

Provenance

Siyâsa Archaeological Site

Internal ID

Cieza_Arch_5

Digitization date

29/01/2018

Digitization method

Photogrammetry

Photos / scans number

89

Hardware

Canon EOS 5D Mark IV

Lens

Canon 50 mm 1.2

Technician

Bart McLeod and Jeff Du Vernay

Postprocesing

Bart McLeod and Jeff Du Vernay

The medieval Islamic city of Siyasa or Medina Siyâsa is located in
Cieza (Murcia, Spain). It is one of the best preserved medieval sites
from the Islamic period in Europe. The walls of some buildings still
remain more than two meters high and in the excavations numerous
remains of paintings and plaster arches were found. Some of these
arches have been completely restored in the neighboring Siyâsa Museum.
Most of these arches were used to decorate the interior courtyards and
balconies of the homes of the wealthiest families. The rich decoration
of these arches reminds us of the degree of refinement that Islamic
art reached in the Middle Ages.

3D model was processed in Agisoft Metashape using 89 images. Additional processing was completed in Geomagic Wrap, InstantMeshes, Blender, and Substance Designer.