Cieza Museum Arch #6

Distance:
Country

Spain

Region

Murcia

Age

Medieval

Provenance

Siyâsa Archaeological Site

Internal ID

Cieza_Arch_6

Digitization date

29/01/2018

Digitization method

Photogrammetry

Photos / scans number

73

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 made in Reality Capture using 57 images. Additional processing was completed in Geomagic Wrap and InstantMeshes.