#heidentor

[chaotic-archaeologist]

look up the Heidentor ruin in Austria for a clever way to "restore" ruins without actually restoring them

(image source)

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You're right, I think that this is a fantastic, minimally invasive way of "recreating" a structure so that it doesn't damage the site! Visitors can look through a see through window with an image etched onto it that will superimpose a recreation of what experts think the building may have originally looked like.

For those with ResearchGate access, you can also read an article about the physical display and other digital reconstructions of this site.

-Reid

[wienfotos]

[classicalmonuments]

Heidentor

Carnuntum, Austria

4th century CE

15 m. in height

Between 354 CE and 361 CE a huge triumphal monument was erected next to the camp and city. Contemporary reports suggest that Emperor Constantius II had it built to commemorate his victories. When the remains of Carnuntum disappeared after the Migration Period the monument remained as an isolated building in a natural landscape and led Medieval people to believe it was the tomb of a pagan giant. Hence, they called it "Heidentor" (pagan gate). 

[engineeringandarchitecture]

A clever way to show how ancient ruins looked like. At the #Heidentor, Austria’s best-known Roman #monument and #landmark, there’s a line diagram of the triumphal arch etched onto a sheet of perspex, allowing visitors to stand in front of the monument as it looked like when it was built in the 350s AD. The Heidentor, also known as Heathens’ Gate or Pagans’ Gate, is the partially reconstructed ruin of a triumphal arch of the #RomanEmpire, located in what was the fort-city of Carnuntum, in present-day #Austria. Originally tetrapylon in form, only one of its four arches remains. Via @matiasexplorer . . . #archaeologicalsite #archaeology #architecture #ancient #ancientruins #traveler #history #art #sightseeing #abroad #touristattraction https://www.instagram.com/p/CY87kbULm7c/?utm_medium=tumblr

[ondreus]

The Heidentor (Heathens’ Gate) was originally a triumphal monument which was erected under Emperor Constantius II in the 2nd half of the 4th century AD outside the city. #heidentor #austria #history #romanempire #monument (na mieste Heidentor) https://www.instagram.com/p/CFb_kjenE5A/?igshid=rgfd5yynhqeg

[wienfotos]

[kreimlink]

heydnisch tor. #heidentor #carnuntum #weekendslikevacations

[duhovipredaka]

Heidentor (Heathen's Gate) View Of The Heidentor Through A Glass Reconstruction Panel Carnuntum, Austria (image source)

4th century CE 15m high

Between 354 CE and 361 CE a huge triumphal monument was erected next to the camp and city. Contemporary reports suggest that Emperor Constantius II had it built to commemorate his victories. When the remains of Carnuntum disappeared after the Migration Period the monument remained as an isolated building in a natural landscape and led Medieval people to believe it was the tomb of a pagan giant. Hence, they called it “Heidentor”.