The reconstruction of the Great Buddha of Bamiyan, Afghanistan

Gruen, A. et Remondino, F. et Zhang, L. (2002) The reconstruction of the Great Buddha of Bamiyan, Afghanistan. In: Estrategias relativas al patrimonio cultural mundial. La salvaguarda en un mundo globalizado. Principios, practicas y perspectivas. 13th ICOMOS General Assembly and Scientific Symposium. Actas. Comité Nacional Español del ICOMOS, Madrid, p. 49-55. [Chapitre de livres]

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The statues of Bamiyan were demolished on March 2001 by the Taleban, using mortars, dynamite, anti-aircraft weapons and rockets (Figure 4). The Buddhists, the world community, ONU and UNESCO failed to convince the Taleban to leave such works of cultural heritage. The fundamentalist Islamic militia, which has governed most of Afghanistan from 1996 to December 2001, followed an edict of its supreme leader who ordered a campaign of destruction to rid the land of all non-Islamic graven images. The Taleban refused also an offer to build a big wall in front of the statues to cover them and they blasted into dust the two giants. For the Afghanistan militia «... the Buddhas violate the Islamic prohibition against sacred images. They are false idols that must be destroyed. The statues should be destroyed so that they are not worshipped now or in the future ...».

Type:	Chapitre de livres
Auteurs:	Auteurs E-mail Gruen, A. NON SPECIFIÉ Remondino, F. NON SPECIFIÉ Zhang, L. NON SPECIFIÉ
Langues:	Anglais
Mots-clés libres:	destruction of cultural heritage; demolition; Buddha statues; reconstruction; photogrammetry; computer techniques
Sujets:	E.CONSERVATION ET RESTAURATION > 12. Techniques E.CONSERVATION ET RESTAURATION > 03. Monuments F.TECHNIQUES SCIENTIFIQUES ET METHODOLOGIES DE CONSERVATION > 38. Relevé photogrammétrique H.TYPES DE PATRIMOINE > 09. Monuments historiques
Nom du monument, ville, site, musée:	Buddhas of Bamiyan, Afghanistan
Numéro WHC:	208
Collections spéciales:	Scientific Symposium (ICOMOS General Assemblies)
Volume de la collection spéciale:	2002, 13th
Déposé par:	Jose Garcia
Date de dépôt:	20 décembre 2010 08:24
Dernière modification:	13 janvier 2011 19:16
URI:	https://openarchive.icomos.org/id/eprint/537

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