Medieval Latrine

Distance:
Country

Spain

Region

Murcia

Material

Stone

Age

Medieval

Provenance

Castle of Alhama

Internal ID

Murcia_Toilet_Seat

Digitization date

23/01/18 - 25/01/18

Digitization method

Photogrammetry

Photos / scans number

156

Hardware

Canon EOS 5D Mark IV

Lens

31 mm

Lighting

sunlight

Example of an Islamic medieval latrine preserved in Alhama de Murcia
(Murcia, Spain). The medieval cities of Al-Andalus developed extensive
regulations aimed at improving hygiene and thus preventing disease.
Little by little, the existence of latrines inside the Islamic houses
became general, something very rare in Christian medieval Europe.
Islamic fortresses also had latrines. These latrines dumped the waste
into the sewerage network, into blind wells, or directly outside the
walls.

3D model was made in Reality Capture software using 135 images; additional processing was completed in Geomagic Wrap, Meshlab, and Blender