The Castle of Los Vélez (Mula, Murcia)

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Country

Spain

Region

Murcia

Age

Modern Age

Internal ID

Mula_Model_7

Digitization date

1/02/2018

Digitization method

Photogrammetry

Photos / scans number

1653

Hardware

DJI Phantom 4 Pro

Lens

24 mm

Technician

Miguel Ángel Hervás

Postprocesing

Bart McLeod and Jeff Du Vernay

The current Mula castle was built in the 16th century on the remains of the old medieval Islamic castle. Still today a great part of the wall that protected this site in Muslim time is preserved thanks to it being reused after the Christian conquest. However, the current castle is the work of Pedro Fajardo y Chacón, I Marqués de los Vélez, who after the popular revolts of 1520 against him, decided to show his power to the town of Mula through the construction of this fortress. That explains the existence in the walls of the castle of up to nine coats of arms belonging to the Fajardo and Silva family.

This model was processed in RealityCapture from 1653 images from a DJI Phantom 4 Pro.