Rebuilding the Arc de Triomphe in Palmyra will cost over $ 1 million

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Rebuilding the Arc de Triomphe in Palmyra will cost over $ 1 million

 

 

 

 

 

Restoration of the Arc de Triomphe in the Syrian city of Palmyra, which was blown up by Islamic State jihadists in 2015, will cost about one million dollars, Dmitry Mediantsev, president of the Association of Stone Industry Enterprises in Russia, told TASS. the restoration of the destroyed museum complex.

The 20-meter Triumphal Arch was built of basalt, granite and marble during the reign of Roman Emperor Septimius North at the end of the 2nd century. She adorns the main street of Palmyra. There were ten pillars on either side of the arch, but the jihadists blew them along with the arch.

"We have prepared a three-year memorandum to sign with the Syrian side. It envisages restoration of the arch and columns in three years. The estimated value of the restoration works is about $ 1 million, and the preparatory work alone will take about a year," Medyantsev added.

During the restoration work, experts will explore the historic quarries of limestone and other rocks of natural stones, from which, in ancient times, stone was extracted for the construction of the city, including the Arc. Subsequently, the extraction of raw materials, the production of parts for the columns, and their placement will be organized. The surface of the parts will be specially aged. The work to restore the Arch will be funded by a fund that raises funds from donors.

The restoration of Palmyra in the future will be aided by a 3D model of the current state of the monument, which was made and presented to experts in December 2019 by scientists at the Institute of Material Culture of the Russian Academy of Sciences at UNESCO in Paris.

Work on the 3D model began in 2016, with most of the footage being taken by drone. The total area of the shoot is about 13 square kilometers at three different heights. More than 20,000 images were made, a three-dimensional model was built, from which the geo-orthographic model of the monument was made.

In September 2019, scientists conducted a new photo shoot to complement and update the 3D model. The data collected from the last expedition to the Arc contains information on the devastation that Palmyra monuments inscribed on UNESCO suffered during the second conquest of the city by Islamic State jihadists in December 2016.

"We first created a detailed 3D model of the current state of the entire World Heritage Site in the city, including all architectural elements and the surrounding landscape, 3D models of the destroyed Palmyra architectural sites, detailed orthophotos, a detailed digital topographic map at high altitude throughout the monument. Using our 3D models you can, without visiting the monument, evaluate its extent of destruction, as well as you can plan restoration activities, research, "reports the Deputy Director of the Institute of Material Culture of the Russian Academy of Sciences at UNESCO in Paris. Natalia Solovyova.

Palmyra is one of the richest cities of late antiquity in the Syrian desert between Damascus and Euphrates, located 240 km northeast of the Syrian capital Damascus. The Palmyra ruins are a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Islamic State jihadists twice conquered the city - in May 2015 and in December 2016. During that time, they were able to destroy a number of monuments, including the Arc de Triomphe, the central amphitheater, the statue of Leo Alat, the temples of Bell and Baalshamin. There are between 1000 and 2000 columns from I - II century, and over 500 ancient tombs