Veni, vidi, delineavi : Beirut cityscape in the late 18th century through Russian Navy maps

Veni, vidi, delineavi: le paysage urbain de Beyrouth au XVIIIe siècle d'après des cartes de la Marine russe

Michael F. Davie (1, 2) , Mitia Frumin (3)

1 ENeC - Espaces, Nature et Culture
2 UT - Université de Tours
3 HUJ - The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

A 3D reconstruction of the intra muros city of Beirut (today's Lebanon) was produced through the analysis of Russian Navy maps drawn in 1773. The documents were projected on a DTM of the city, and the main buildings represented thanks to comparisons to contemporary paintings and drawings.

Mots clés: 18th Century; Russian Navy; Beirut; Historical mapping; Urban cityscape; Urban geography; 3D reconstitution

Mots clés: Cartographie historique; Marine russe; XVIIIe siècle; Paysage urbain; Géographie urbaine; Reconstitution 3D; Beyrouth

Domaines: Géographie; Histoire

Michael F. Davie, Mitia Frumin. Veni, vidi, delineavi : Beirut cityscape in the late 18th century through Russian Navy maps. 21ème Congrès international sur l'Histoire de la cartographie, Jul 2003, Budapest, Hungary. 2003. ⟨hal-01079407⟩