The Arabian Baths have presented a new audiovisual video this Friday recreate in 3D The original aspect of this sl built building 12th Century. Unlike the first version released in February last year, this one contains the missing dependencies such as the boiler or the old water and air heating system. This reconstruction was made possible thanks to the detailed drawings of the historian and history professor at the University of Girona, Jordi Sagrera, who believes it is possible “a great tool” so that visitors can get to know the benefits of this construction. The event also served to present an information board about the outdoor spaces, which complements the four indoor spaces.
At the beginning of last year the Arabic baths They presented a first version of a video that recreated the original appearance of the building in 3D. A modified and improved replica, unveiled this Friday, incorporating the outbuildings that no longer survive. It particularly shows the outdoor gardens as well as the Caldari or hot water baths and the water and air heating system from a wood stove.
The recreation actually begins with a picture of the outside of the building, showing these gardens amidst a very peaceful atmosphere where you can hear the birds singing. Immediately, The camera pans to take the viewer into the Arabian Baths and start the room sequence.
As soon as you enter the building, An overview map of dependencies is displayed in the upper right corner of the screenwhich serves to locate the audience in each room.
The first dependency that the audiovisual medium shows is the dressing room, where the users of this service initially arrived. In the video you can see the entire room with polychrome capitals, the white painted walls and the uniform floor. Currently, howeverAll walls are made of exposed stone and the floor has a surrounding opening. You can also see three translucent silhouettes preparing for the bath.
The video below shows what the cold room looked like, which is very similar to its current state. On the piece you can see the type of wooden side door that separated the rooms, and the white walls have also been preserved. This is followed by the warm room, which is also very reminiscent of the current state of the room, and the hot room.
Boiler and wood stove
The rest ends in a final outdoor area where you can see a silhouette bathing in the thermal water. It’s about the Caldari, an area that no longer survives but has been recreated using the detailed drawings of the historian and professor of history University of Girona (UdG), Jordi Sagrera
The video also clearly explained how the rooms and the water collapsed. It is shown to have been made from a wood-burning stove that burned beneath the floor of the entire building.
“In the 11th and 12th centuries many cities built this type of baths”explains historian Jordi Sagrera, who says that Christians copied them from Arab culture. “The term ‘Arab Baths’ used here in Girona is right and wrong because it imitates those made by the Arabs, but it was made by Christians.”says the UdG professor.
The approximately two-minute video can be watched in a continuous loop on a television installed in the cold water room from this Friday afternoon. The audiovisual work was produced by the cultural area of the Gironès district councilproduced by the company Culturània and financed by the Gironès and District Council Girona Province.
At the same time, an information board for the outdoor spaces was also presented. From a drawing by Jordi SagreraThis new element explains (graphically and with texts) the entire original monumental ensemble, both the rooms that exist today and the rooms that were destroyed but documented. The new plaque completes the four plaques located inside the building.
