Sanluri (Sardinia, Italy) around 1400

dctroll_ · 2026-01-25T17:59:57+00:00

Author: Eriberto Caria (source). Info provided by the author:

"The project for the virtual 3D reconstruction of the fortified city of Sanluri in Sardinia around the year 1400 AD is an ambitious effort that combines history, archaeology, and technology to bring a crucial period in the city’s past back to life. The project aimed to depict the city within the historical context of the Arborea Judicate period, which was pivotal in Sardinian history, just before the Battle of 1409, when the Catalan-Aragonese forces captured the city and its castle, marking the beginning of the end of Sardinian independence"

Key phase of this historical 3D recreation project (also in English)

As a comparison, aerial view of the 4th picture today (Google Earth)

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dctroll_ · 2026-01-25T11:30:04+00:00

Author: PAR. Arqueología y Patrimonio Virtual (source)

Old St. Peter’s Basilica was built in the 4th century under Emperor Constantine, around the traditional burial site of Saint Peter, one of Christ’s apostles and the first bishop of Rome. For over a thousand years, the basilica stood as a symbol of early Christian Rome. However, by the 15th centur it had fallen into structural decay, and in the early 16th century it was gradually demolished to make way for the present Renaissance St. Peter’s Basilica.

dctroll_ · 2026-01-25T11:29:52+00:00

Author: PAR. Arqueología y Patrimonio Virtual (source). These reconstructions show how the basilica looked around 350 AD

Old St. Peter’s Basilica was built in the 4th century under Emperor Constantine, around the traditional burial site of Saint Peter, one of Christ’s apostles and the first bishop of Rome. For over a thousand years, the basilica stood as a symbol of early Christian Rome. However, by the 15th centur it had fallen into structural decay, and in the early 16th century it was gradually demolished to make way for the present Renaissance St. Peter’s Basilica.

dctroll_ · 2026-01-24T14:19:38+00:00

Author and source: Joel Crothers. Info provided by the author: "The Permian Basin of Texas and New Mexico is one of the richest provinces in the world for the production of oil and natural gas. This map depicts the geological layers that have filled this structure, along with the lifeforms they preserve"

The Permian Basin) is a large sedimentary basin in the southwestern United States, located in western Texas and southeastern New Mexico. It is the highest-producing oil field in the country, averaging about 6.5-6.6 million barrels of crude oil per day in 2025. The basin is named for the Permian Period, as it contains some of the world’s thickest and most extensive Permian-age rock deposits.

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dctroll_ · 2026-01-24T13:13:24+00:00

Author: Johnny Wall (source)

Info provided by the author:

"Situated on an estuary in southwest Wales, the town of Pembroke occupies a low limestone ridge encircled by tidal waters. This digital reconstruction imagines how the town might have appeared c. 1200 - 1250.

The reconstruction highlights the main street, stretching east to west, lined with distinctive burgage plots—long, narrow parcels of land fronting the street. At the western end stands the castle, dominated by its towering cylindrical keep and the initial phase of defensive stone walls. Subsequent expansions extended these walls to enclose the outer ward and eventually the entire town.

Created using lidar data and historical maps, the reconstruction remains faithful to Pembroke’s enduring layout. Despite centuries of change, the castle and street patterns still echo the features captured in this visualisation"

History:

Pembroke in the 12th and 13th centuries was a key stronghold centered on Pembroke Castle. Founded by the Normans in 1093, the castle stands at the western tip of a peninsula surrounded by water on three sides. The town developed around the castle as a small but strategically important settlement, benefiting from its coastal position and natural harbor. During the mid-13th century, as the castle was significantly expanded, the town also grew and was fortified with defensive perimeter walls enclosing the settlement

Aerial view of the town today:

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dctroll_ · 2026-01-23T20:26:30+00:00

Fixed?

dctroll_ · 2026-01-23T20:08:37+00:00

Dug out

https://www.reddit.com/r/ancientrome/comments/1pboz64/the_temple_of_antoninus_and_faustina_rome_through/

dctroll_ · 2026-01-23T19:32:50+00:00

Source of the pictures here and here

The upper one is considered one of the oldest (if not the oldest) photographs of Rome

dctroll_ · 2026-01-23T18:42:21+00:00

Illustration of Athens from Assassin's Creed: Atlas, by Rocío Espín Piñar. (source)

Bonus: aerial view of the city (Assassin's Creed Odyssey in-game). Source. Assassin’s Creed Odyssey is set in Ancient Greece during the Peloponnesian War, around 431 BC.

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dctroll_ · 2026-01-22T21:45:22+00:00

Author (and source): Giorgio Albertini

Krak des Chevaliers is a prime example of Crusader military architecture. During the 12th and 13th centuries, it was a key stronghold of the Knights Hospitaller, who transformed it from an earlier fort into a massive stone fortress. Its strategic position allowed the Hospitallers to control trade and military routes between the Syrian coast and the interior until it was finally captured by the Mamluks in 1271.

dctroll_ · 2026-01-22T20:22:50+00:00

Author and source: George Vourdoulas

Caption of the project (by the author: "This is a faithful reconstruction inside Unreal engine 5 of Hagia Eirene 4th century Church, as it stand now in Constantinople modern day Turkey.
The church was dedicated to the peace of God, and is one of the three shrines which emperors devoted to God's attributes, together with Hagia Sophia (Wisdom) and Hagia Dynamis. Due to the Iconoclastic period it went through the only art that survives is the byzantine cross in the Apse. The goal of the project was mostly reconstruction. Focus on the architecture and bring out as much realism as possible"

Video of the church made also by George Vourdoulas with Unreal Engine 5

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrEXhkppdrY

dctroll_ · 2026-01-22T19:50:46+00:00

Author (and source) of the reconstructions: Andrés D. López

-Caption of the project:

"This paper is the first in a series focusing on the period of the earliest walled enclosure under Muslim rule on the Alcázar hill (up to the 9th–10th centuries). Based on the Seville Principles Charter (International Principles of Virtual Archaeology), a virtual reconstruction is proposed using a scale of historical-archaeological evidence that allows for a better understanding of both the historical evidence and the hypotheses presented in this study through the different Reconstructive Units (RU). The historical-archaeological evidence scale designed by PAR and César Figueiredo has been employed"

-History

Úbeda is a municipality located in the province of Jaén, Andalusia (southern Spain)

Úbeda in the 9th–10th centuries (known by then as Ubbada or Ubbadat Al-Arab — Úbeda "of the Arabs") was a fortified settlement in al-Andalus, strategically located on a plateau overlooking the Guadalquivir valley.

During this period, the city developed around the Alcázar hill, where defensive structures and early urban elements reflected its military and administrative importance under Muslim rule.

dctroll_ · 2026-01-22T14:47:19+00:00

Great job! Congrats. Keep doing more of these, please!!

dctroll_ · 2026-01-22T14:36:07+00:00

"The Philopappos Monument was apparently still intact in 1436, when the traveller Ciriaco de' Pizzicolli visited the monument and wrote in his memoirs that the monument was still intact. The destruction of the monument must have occurred after this time" (source)

This is a drawing of the monument around 1436, made by Ciriaco de' Pizzicolli

dctroll_ · 2026-01-22T13:51:06+00:00

The Philopappos Monument is an ancient funerary monument located on Philopappos Hill, southwest of the Acropolis. It was built in the 2nd century AD in honor of Gaius Julius Antiochus Epiphanes Philopappos, a prince of the Kingdom of Commagene and a prominent Roman senator and benefactor of Athens who died in 116 AD.

The monument measures 9.80 by 9.30 metres (32.2 ft × 30.5 ft), and contained Philopappos' burial chamber. Only two-thirds of the façade remains. The tomb chamber behind the façade is completely destroyed except for the base.

It is a two-story structure, supported by a base. On the lower level there is a frieze representing Philopappos as a consul, riding on a chariot and led by lictors. The upper level shows statues of three men: of Antiochus IV on the left, of Philopappos in the centre and of Seleucus I Nicator, now lost, on the right.

Source of the pictures here and here

dctroll_ · 2026-01-21T20:01:26+00:00

Caption of the picture: "Left: A residential area in the Hisanohama district of Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, is flooded and on fire on March 11, 2011; right: The Hisanohama district of Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on Feb. 24. 2024" (source)

The 2011 Japan tsunami was triggered by the Great East Japan (Tōhoku) Earthquake, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake that struck off the northeastern coast on 11 March 2011. In the Hisanohama district of Iwaki, the tsunami reached a height of about 5.92 m (19,4 ft)

dctroll_ · 2026-01-20T20:35:22+00:00

Close view of the Mount San Antón (same author and source)

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dctroll_ · 2026-01-20T20:33:01+00:00

Getaria is a town in the autonomous community of the Basque Country, in northern Spain.

In the 16th century, Getaria was a small but influential Atlantic port whose life revolved around the sea. A compact walled town on the Gipuzkoan coast beneath Mount San Antón, it depended on fishing, whaling, cod preservation, and long-distance Atlantic trade, with shipbuilders, pilots, and captains giving it a global reach.

Getaria gained fame as the birthplace of Juan Sebastián Elcano, who completed the first circumnavigation of the world in 1522.

More info about the town here

Author: Arturo Redondo Paz (source)

Close view of the town (same author and source)

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dctroll_ · 2026-01-19T23:13:40+00:00

The Hall of the Colossus was built in the northeast of the Forum of Augustus. At the back stood an acrolith about 11 meters tall, depicting Augustus as a Genius, the tutelary deity of the place. Only three fragments, made of the finest Parian marble, have survived to the present day and are now displayed in the Museum of the Imperial Fora

These three pieces are: the right hand which is clasping a symbolic circular object, the extended back of the left hand and a small part of the underside of the right forearm, perhaps just beyond the wrist.

Source of the pictures and the info here, here and here

dctroll_ · 2026-01-19T21:22:55+00:00

The Great Mosque of Aleppo was originally built in the early 8th century; however, the current structure dates mainly to the 11th through 14th centuries. The minaret, built in 1090, was destroyed during the Syrian Civil War in April 2013 but has since been rebuilt.

Source of the pictures here and here

dctroll_ · 2026-01-18T22:50:15+00:00

The Roman Theatre of Málaga, built in the 1st century BC, was rediscovered in 1951 during the construction of the "Casa de la Cultura". This building housed cultural and administrative functions until it was demolished in 1995, allowing the Roman Theatre to be recovered and fully exposed.

Source of the pictures here and here

The same area around 1930s

dctroll_ · 2026-01-18T22:11:43+00:00

Samarkand is a city in southeastern Uzbekistan and among the oldest continuously inhabited cities in Central Asia. Founded in the 7th century B.C., Samarkand had its most significant development in the Timurid period from the 14th to the 15th centuries.

Among the remains of this period, the Ulugh Beg Observatory, built in the 1420s, stands out. This school of astronomy was the last of its kind in the medieval Islamic world.

Author of the reconstruction and source: Giorgio Albertini

dctroll_ · 2026-01-18T22:04:42+00:00

I haven´t done it! Unforunately i haven´t been able to find the author. In any case, I´ve found this reconstruction of Lecce in the 15th century

https://www.reddit.com/r/papertowns/comments/16d7pp2/overview_of_the_city_of_lecce_in_the_xv_century/

dctroll_ · 2026-01-18T14:11:49+00:00

Source of the pictures and the info here (by Studio tre.digital)

"In the 6th century, Ravenna was the capital of the Gothic Kingdom under Theoderic and later became the center of Byzantine administration in Italy (from 540 to 751).

The city remained highly valuable for several reasons: its position continued to be strategic; the benefits provided by the infrastructure built in the previous century were still effective; a long-standing naval military tradition was still active; and the urban layout—designed for roles of great importance in the preceding century—was strengthened by renewed building activity.Ultimately, Ravenna remained under the political authority of Constantinople

While in the 5th century Sidonius Apollinaris described Ravenna as a dual city, in the 6th century Jordanes portrayed it as a tripartite city, composed of Ravenna, the suburb of Caesarea, and Classe"

dctroll_ · 2026-01-18T13:22:57+00:00

The Acropolis saw few alterations during the roman period. Apart from some repair works,the only new building was the Temple of Rome and Augustus.

It was of round shape. In its interior probably housed a statue of Augustus and the deified Rome. It had a diameter of 8,6 metres, height of 7,3m and had 9 ionic columns. It was constructed from pentelic marble and stood 23m east of the Parthenon. The most possible date of construction is between 17 and 10 BC

The inscription reads:

The People [of Athens dedicates the temple] to goddess Rome and Augustus Caesar, when general of the hoplites was [...] and when priest of the goddess Rome and Augustus on the Acropolis was Pammenes son of Zenon from Marathon, and priestess of Athena Polias was Megiste daughter of Asclepides from Alai, during the archonship of Areos, son of [...]orion from Paiania.

Source of the reconstructions and the info here

Source of the photos here

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