Instance of
Building Typology
{watchtower, برج دیدبانی, 望楼, tour de guet, Wachturm}
Item
- Class
- http://dsr.nii.ac.jp/Bam3DCG/kb#Building_Typology
- Title
- {watchtower, برج دیدبانی, 望楼, tour de guet, Wachturm}
- Location-Cartographic Reference--Core Data Index Metadata
- UTM Co-ordinates, from 3D cartographic map (IFCA project)
- Location-Geographic Co-ordinates
- Latitude and longitude, from Google Earth
- Material and Technique--Core Data Index Metadata
- adobe{mud and straw, mud and sieved straw}
- Output Dataset
- video of Governor House and Tower-video 5
- Photo of 3DCG reconstruction of Governor Section, Chahar-Fasl edifice (Four Season edifice), Governor Bath, Deep Water Well and Watch Tower
- Physical Condition --Core Data Index Metadata
- {demolished (after earthquake), partly ruined (before restoration), completely restored (before earthquake)}
- Identifier
- http://dsr.nii.ac.jp/Bam3DCG/kb#Digital_Revival_Bam_Heritage_Instance_162_
- Building Type-Explanation
- Tower located on top of the cliff and the highest point of the Citadel and the surrounding plain
- Historical Summary--Core Data Index Metadata
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This tower might resemble the fire tower of pre Islamic temples.
There might have been an older tower that was replaced with this newer one. The shape of this tower resembles the fireplaces of Persepolis (Achaemenid (550–330 BC) period) (Nourbakhsh 2535 [1353 Hijri Shamsi (solar)]) - Satellite Image
- Photo/photo/Typology/watchtower.jpg
