{"id":40367,"date":"2019-04-30T10:44:12","date_gmt":"2019-04-30T08:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.icac.cat\/en\/?p=40367"},"modified":"2019-04-30T12:56:02","modified_gmt":"2019-04-30T10:56:02","slug":"virtual-3d-model-enables-new-approach-to-the-roman-structures-of-the-biblical-museum-in-tarragona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icac.cat\/en\/actualitat\/noticies\/2019\/virtual-3d-model-enables-new-approach-to-the-roman-structures-of-the-biblical-museum-in-tarragona\/","title":{"rendered":"Virtual 3D model enables new approach to the Roman structures of the Biblical Museum in Tarragona"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In 2015, the archaeological works in the Tarragona cathedral&#8217;s cloister revealed one of the <strong>exedras of the sacred enclosure of Augustus Temple<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>On April 25th, the <strong>3D model<\/strong> was presented, as it will allow a new approach to the Roman structures that are conserved inside the Museum.<\/p>\n<p>The virtual model allows visitors to know how was this space in Roman times. The result comes from the final master project presented by the archaeologist <strong>Silvia Fibla<\/strong>, and the expert collaboration of\u00a0the<a href=\"https:\/\/icac.cat\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Catalan Institute of Classical Archeology<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patrimoniovirtual.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">University of Alicante<\/a>. The material will be permanently projected in the Museum, but it will also be available on the ICAC website (<a href=\"https:\/\/icac.cat\/en\/dissemination\/patrimoni-en-3d\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Heritage in 3D<\/strong><\/a>) and on its <a href=\"https:\/\/sketchfab.com\/udg-icac\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Sketchfab channel<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cI9jf2ozkbw\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Recent archaeological works in the museum area verified that part of the exedra rooms is located in the old portico of the enclosure of imperial cult of <em>Tarraco<\/em>. Also, the room dedicated to the <em>Judea Romana<\/em> is the fossilization of one of the exedras of this\u00a0 Roman religious set. All the construction bases of this exedra are preserved, with walls 2.40 meters wide and up to 5 meters high.<\/p>\n<p>3D model was presented by archaeologists\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/icac.cat\/en\/who-are-we\/staff\/amunoz\/\" target=\"_blank\">Andreu Mu\u00f1oz<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(director of the Biblical Museum of Tarragona and associate researcher at the ICAC),\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/icac.cat\/en\/who-are-we\/staff\/jpuche\/\" target=\"_blank\">Josep Maria Puche<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(from the Graphics Documentation Unit &#8211; ICAC) and\u00a0<strong>Silvia Fibla<\/strong>, author of the virtual model, who stated that \u00abwhen you are modelling is like if you were building a construction of that time\u00bb.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_40351\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40351\" style=\"width: 790px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/icac.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Restitucio-virtual_Museu-Biblic-3D.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-40351\" src=\"https:\/\/icac.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Restitucio-virtual_Museu-Biblic-3D-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Restituci\u00f3 virtual de l\u2019espai actual del Museu b\u00edblic en \u00e8poca romana amb els p\u00f2rtics i l\u2019exedra del recinte de culte imperial (Imatge de Silvia Fibla).\" width=\"790\" height=\"444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/icac.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Restitucio-virtual_Museu-Biblic-3D-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/icac.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Restitucio-virtual_Museu-Biblic-3D-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/icac.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Restitucio-virtual_Museu-Biblic-3D.jpg 1344w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-40351\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Virtual restitution of the current space of the Biblical Museum in Roman times with the porticos and the exedra of the imperial cult enclosure (image by Silvia Fibla).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>During the presentation,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/icac.cat\/en\/who-are-we\/staff\/jpuche\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Puche<\/strong> <\/a>pointed out the huge scientific knowledge that archaeologists contribute within the field of reconstruction, where \u00abthere are a lot of fakes\u00bb.<\/p>\n<p>The director of the Biblical Museum, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/icac.cat\/en\/who-are-we\/staff\/amunoz\/\" target=\"_blank\">Andreu Mu\u00f1oz<\/a><\/strong>, stressed that using this tool can make &#8220;intelligible&#8221; the Roman structures that are preserved inside the <em>Casa dels Concilis<\/em>, and said that &#8220;we try to make archaeological works and create pedagogical resources to transfer the knowledge of the historical evolution of the Acropolis\u00bb.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_40352\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40352\" style=\"width: 968px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/icac.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Restitucio-virtual2_Museu-Biblic-3D.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-40352 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/icac.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Restitucio-virtual2_Museu-Biblic-3D.jpg\" alt=\"Restituci\u00f3 virtual de l\u2019espai actual del Museu b\u00edblic en \u00e8poca romana amb els p\u00f2rtics i l\u2019exedra del recinte de culte imperial (imatge de Silvia Fibla).\" width=\"968\" height=\"564\" srcset=\"https:\/\/icac.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Restitucio-virtual2_Museu-Biblic-3D.jpg 968w, https:\/\/icac.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Restitucio-virtual2_Museu-Biblic-3D-400x233.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 968px) 100vw, 968px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-40352\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Restituci\u00f3 virtual de l\u2019espai actual del Museu B\u00edblic en \u00e8poca romana amb els p\u00f2rtics i l\u2019exedra del recinte de culte imperial (imatge de Silvia Fibla).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2015, the archaeological works in the Tarragona cathedral&#8217;s cloister revealed one of the exedras of the sacred enclosure of Augustus Temple. On April 25th, the 3D model was presented, as it will allow a new approach to the Roman structures that are conserved inside the Museum. 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