Bursa Metropolitan Municipality has begun fieldwork for the restoration of the traditional Antakya’s Ulu Mosque in Hatay, which was utterly destroyed within the earthquakes on Feb. 6, dubbed as “the disaster of the century.”
In a press release by the metropolitan municipality Thursday, it was recalled that the landmark mosque, one in every of Hatay’s symbols, estimated to have been constructed between 1271-1272, was one of many province’s oldest mosques.
Dating again to the Mamluk interval, Ulu Mosque comprised numerous buildings constructed in several intervals, forming a fancy, together with a madrassa, a summer time mosque, a fountain, two tombs, an imaret (public kitchen) and retailers. It additionally held the excellence of getting two mihrabs in its prayer corridor, making it a novel architectural work.
Following the earthquake, the Bursa Metropolitan Municipality took cost of distributing support for the return of normalcy to Hatay, arrange cellular bathrooms and ready dwelling areas consisting of two,000 containers in three areas. In addition, they’ve now taken on the restoration mission of one of many symbols of the devastated province.
The municipality’s council determined to begin the preparation of the survey, restitution and restoration tasks for the mosque through the May session.
To create an information infrastructure for the tasks, the groups of the Mapping Department performed on-site measurements to find out the present state of the mosque.
Using a laser scanning machine, they took 207 million level measurements and likewise created an aerial mannequin of the historic ruins utilizing drone pictures.
The collected information shall be used within the 3D modeling of the present state, producing level cloud information and making ready the orthophoto map for the restoration and reconstruction work, engineering tasks and guaranteeing an correct reconstruction that stays true to the unique construction.
Bursa Metropolitan Mayor Alinur Aktaş talked about that he ceaselessly inspects the continued work in Hatay, including that the municipality is dedicated to restoring the mosque and that the selections have been taken within the May council assembly.
“We are preparing the survey, restoration and restitution projects. On the other hand, our teams have completed the model of the structure. Hatay and Bursa are already sister cities. Now we will strengthen this bond through the great mosques. Hatay’s Ulu Cami is older than Bursa Ulu Cami. Its surroundings will also be designed in this process. Hopefully, Hatay Ulu Cami will welcome its guests in a healthier environment. It befits the city that founded the Ottoman Empire, Bursa, to play a role in this,” he stated.
Source: www.dailysabah.com
