Abstract
Abstract. In October 2018 I was in Aleppo, Syria, for my second time after the visit in 2010 before the war. It was an unique opportunity to perform 3D surveys of some noticeable buildings and monuments affected by the war. The paper shows some 3D results and comparisons for same monuments. The objects of the survey are some parts of the Citadel walls, the entrance tower of the Citadel, the southern tower, one mosque, the minaret of the Citadel mosque. These results prove undoubtedly that photogrammetry is an essential instrument for the 3D documentation and digital preservation of cultural heritage. The used technique is spherical photogrammetry, based on panoramic images and ad-hoc processing processes. The technique is very much suitable for heritage documentation and if will be transferred to the students of the local faculty of architecture.
Highlights
It happened to me to be in Aleppo, Syria, before the war in 2010 and once again in October 2018
That was the occasion to produce 3D surveys of some noticeable heritage buildings and monuments affected by the local war
Results of spherical photogrammetry applied to the Syrian monuments were presented in Fangi and Wahbeh (2013) – digital reconstruction of the minaret of the Great Mosque or Umayyade Mosque destroyed in 2012, Fangi (2015) and Fangi et al (2016)
Summary
It happened to me to be in Aleppo, Syria, before the war in 2010 and once again in October 2018. Results of spherical photogrammetry applied to the Syrian monuments were presented in Fangi and Wahbeh (2013) – digital reconstruction of the minaret of the Great Mosque or Umayyade Mosque destroyed in 2012, Fangi (2015) and Fangi et al (2016). A video of the 3D reconstruction was seen by Ms Reme Sakr, Head of the Living Heritage Program of the Syrian Trust for Development a Syrian NGO, and she proposed me to come back to Syria and visit Damascus and Aleppo. The evaluation of the damages caused by the war to Syrian cultural heritage is a process that requires a long process of which the photogrammetric restitution is only a first step
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