Documenting the sculpted capitals of the Crac des Chevaliers

Syria

Operator Mediathèque de l'Architecture et du Patrimoine (MAP)

Years 2019 - 2020

Amount $ 8 500

project status Completed

Type of grant Call for projects

Mediathèque de l'Architecture et du Patrimoine (MAP)
(c) Mediathèque de l'Architecture et du Patrimoine (MAP)

The Crac des Chevaliers fortress, known for its 13th-century carved arcades and capitals, and a World Heritage Site, was damaged during conflict in 2013-14. The media library of the Cité de l'Architecture et du Patrimoine (Paris) holds a repository of casts of these architectural elements, made by French archaeologist Paul Deschamps in 1927-28. The project created 3D restitutions of the casts of the site.