Reconstruction of Arg-e Bam Citadel • A City Reborn • Bam • IRAN
Destroyed in 2003 by an earthquake - how Iran has rebuilt the ancient mud city of Bam.
Mr. Hadi Ahmadi was there the day after the earthquake. His work was critical in the rebuilding process during the first years after the earthquake.
'When I arrived there, everything was destroyed. There were bodies on the streets. Everything had collapsed.
Bam city, the city that we know now, dates back to 2500 years before. A very beautiful, big castle, a mud-brick castle. Everyone knows Bam as a symbol of earthen architecture in Iran.
Some experts argued that we have to rebuild the Bam citadel as it was - with the same materials and same methods - just keep the tradition keep the authenticity. Other believed that we have to reconstruct Bam with new materials and totally rebuild it. The middle decision between these two groups was to rebuild Bam by using traditional materials but using modern methods.
With the knowledge we have now about mud brick, soil an clay - we can make the best mud brick possible. Everything in Bam is still made with mud bricks.
Mud brick technology hasn't changed so much until now. First they take the mud and put it in a timber frame. Then they remove the timber, put it under the sun to dry it. It's just that simple.
The scientific part is concerned with the kind of soil we use, and the type of additives and how we put them together. We add things to the mud brick - usually straw - to increase the resistance of the bricks to crack. German experts from Dresden University used new materials in getting mud bricks to stick to the wall such as fiberglass. The Iranian part used a palm tree rope to use in building domes.
Archeologists found a lot of things. Before the earthquake everybody thought it maybe dates back 2,500 years ago but they didn't know what had happened inside the walls, underneath the houses.
Now you can see a beautiful, clean city, alleys, the bazaar, buildings. You can see several workshops with laborers and masters who are actuality rebuilding and restoring the destroyed buildings. You can see a lot of scaffolding who are working to rebuild Bam.
All Iranians were united about rebuilding Bam - and also the world. If everybody wants it, the huge destruction, the huge disaster, could be solved, if everybody works together.
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- Charlie Phillips (FLICKR)
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- the United States's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
- as well as Mohammad Reza Matini, Elham Andaroodi and Kinji Ono from their article Post Disaster Virtual Revival: 3D CG Manual Reconstruction of a World Heritage Site in Danger found at:
Arg-e-Bam, Bam, Iran
Collapsed Arg-e-Bam after the 2003 Bam, Iran, earthquake (Mw6.6). The earthquake occured on December 26, 5:26AM.
The Arg-e Bam in the city of bam in Iran
The Arg-e Bam is the largest adobe building in the world, located in Bam, a city in Kerman Province of southeastern Iran. It is listed by UNESCO as part of the World Heritage Site Bam and its Cultural Landscape
UNESCO world heritage city of Bam in Iran still waiting for tourists after earthquake
A decade after quake, Iran heritage site waits for tourists
A major earthquake devastated the UNESCO world heritage city of Bam in Iran in December 2003. 26,000 people died and 30,000 were injured. Much of the city was destroyed, including its famed ancient citadel which dates back to the 7th century. Still grieving for their lost loved ones, today's inhabitants are nonetheless battling to rebuild their celebrated city. FRANCE 24 went to meet Bam's citizens, who are hoping that tourists will return to this important historical city.
Arg-e Bam, 4 days before the earthquake, Ali Ohadi, 2003.mpg
From Zahedan, Mahan and Kerman, on my way to Yazd, I stayed in Bam for less than 36 hours. 4 days later, when I was in Isfahan, the news caught me: An earthquake shaked Bam and Arg-e Bam ... علی اوحدی
Arg-é Bam (Bam Citadel), Iran, 1956
A silent color film sequence of Arg-é Bam, the adobe Citadel of Bam, Iran, from 1956. This sequence is from amateur filmmaker John W. Rowe's travelogue of a car rally between Geneva, Switzerland and Bombay, India. Bam and its Cultural Landscape is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The film clip is from the Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution collection of historical moving images.
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The Arg-é Bam (ارگ بم in Persian, Bam citadel) was the largest adobe building in the world, located in Bam, a city in the Kerman province of southeastern Iran. It is listed by UNESCO as part of the World Heritage Site Bam and its Cultural Landscape. This enormous citadel on the Silk Road was built before 500 BC and remained in use until 1850 AD. It is not known for certain why it was then abandoned.
The entire building was a large fortress in whose heart the citadel itself was located, but because of the impressive look of the citadel, which forms the highest point, the entire fortress is named the Bam Citadel.
On December 26, 2003, the Citadel was almost completely destroyed by an earthquake, along with much of the rest of Bam and its environs. A few days after the earthquake, the then Iranian President Mohammad Khatami announced that the Citadel would be rebuilt.
When the gate of the city was closed, no human or animal could enter. The inhabitants could continue living for a long period of time in isolation as they had access to a well, gardens, and domestic animals inside. When the fortress-city was besieged the inhabitants could remain in the city while the soldiers could defend it, protected by high walls and towers.
Besides the watch towers and ornamented tops of the high walls on the skyline of the fortress, the wind-catchers or wind-towers (in Persian: badgir بادگير) are remarkable. They are structures protruding from the buildings to catch the wind and direct it into the buildings. Sometime the air is passed over a water basin in the building to cool it and remove dust. Different types of wind towers are utilized for different buildings. For example there are 4-directional wind-towers for larger and more important buildings, which are able to catch the wind from different directions, and there are one directional wind towers for smaller buildings.
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Bam Earhquake in Iran
This is a movie about all the happening before and after the earthquake.
Arg-e Bam, Ali Ohadi.mpg
A shorter version of Bam, 4 days before the earthquake, 2003- علی اوحدی
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The Arg-é Bam (ارگ بم in Persian, Bam citadel) was the largest adobe building in the world, located in Bam, a city in the Kerman province of southeastern Iran. It is listed by UNESCO as part of the World Heritage Site Bam and its Cultural Landscape. This enormous citadel on the Silk Road was built before 500 BC and remained in use until 1850 AD. It is not known for certain why it was then abandoned.
The entire building was a large fortress in whose heart the citadel itself was located, but because of the impressive look of the citadel, which forms the highest point, the entire fortress is named the Bam Citadel.
On December 26, 2003, the Citadel was almost completely destroyed by an earthquake, along with much of the rest of Bam and its environs. A few days after the earthquake, the then Iranian President Mohammad Khatami announced that the Citadel would be rebuilt.
When the gate of the city was closed, no human or animal could enter. The inhabitants could continue living for a long period of time in isolation as they had access to a well, gardens, and domestic animals inside. When the fortress-city was besieged the inhabitants could remain in the city while the soldiers could defend it, protected by high walls and towers.
Besides the watch towers and ornamented tops of the high walls on the skyline of the fortress, the wind-catchers or wind-towers (in Persian: badgir بادگير) are remarkable. They are structures protruding from the buildings to catch the wind and direct it into the buildings. Sometime the air is passed over a water basin in the building to cool it and remove dust. Different types of wind towers are utilized for different buildings. For example there are 4-directional wind-towers for larger and more important buildings, which are able to catch the wind from different directions, and there are one directional wind towers for smaller buildings.
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アルゲ・バム in Iran ・ Arg-e Bam・Bam and its Cuitural Landscape
2017.5.15 真新しい遺跡へ。
歴史なんて感じない。
2003年バム地震により崩壊。
しかしイランの人々の手により修復が続けられている。炎天下のでの作業は、彼らが見ることの出来ない未来へと残る。
流れる汗が世界遺産、額の滴はエメラルド。
そしてネパール、いつかカトマンズへも。
CNN 2003 Bam Earthquake Coverage
Report by Matthew Chance, Video by Brendan Ager
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The Arg-e Bam was the largest adobe building in the world, located in Bam, a city in the Kermān Province of southeastern Iran.It is listed by UNESCO as part of the World Heritage Site Bam and its Cultural Landscape.The origin of this enormous citadel on the Silk Road can be traced back to the Achaemenid period and even beyond.The heyday of the citadel was from the 7th to 11th centuries, being at the crossroads of important trade routes and known for the production of silk and cotton garments.
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Bam - Iran, Part 2
The 26 December 2003, a terrible earthquake destructed the city of Bam in Iran. More than 30'000 persons lost their lifes.
The Swiss Academy for Development (SAD) invested in the creation of several sport projects for traumatized children.
Bam - Iran, Part 1
The 26 December 2003, a terrible earthquake destructed the city of Bam in Iran. More than 30'000 persons lost their lifes.
The Swiss Academy for Development (SAD) invested in the creation of several sport projects for traumatized children.
Arg at Bam, Iran
Filmed on 28th July 2003, five months before the earthquake.
دیدار از ارگ بم (سه دقیقه) - Arg e Bam - Bam Citadel
دیدار از ارگ بم در دهم دی ماه 1393 و مهمانی شب کریسمس در قلعۀ شادی بم
مهمان آقای ابوذر و زنده یاد دکتر جلل زندیان استاد معماری دانشگاه بم
Citadel Bam, Bam, Iran.
The origins of the citadel of Bam, Arg-e Bam, can be traced back to the Achaemenid period (6th to 4th centuries BC) and even beyond. The heyday of the citadel was from the 7th to 11th centuries, being at the crossroads of important trade routes and known for the production of silk and cotton garments. The citadel, which contains the governor’s quarters and the fortified residential area, forms the central focus of a vast cultural landscape, which is marked by a series of forts and citadels, now in ruins. The existence of life in the oasis was based on the underground irrigation canals, the qanāts, of which Bam has preserved some of the earliest evidence in Iran and which continue to function till the present time. Arg-e Bam is the most representative example of a fortified medieval town built in vernacular technique using mud layers (Chineh), sun-dried mud bricks (khesht), and vaulted and domed structures. Outside the core area of Arg-e Bam, there are other protected historic structures which include Qal’eh Dokhtar (Maiden’s fortress, ca. 7th century), Emamzadeh Zeyd Mausoleum (11-12th century), and Emamzadeh Asiri Mausoleum (12th century and historic qanāt systems and cultivations southeast of the Arg.
Arg-e Bam: After the reconstruction (ارگ بم: بعد از بازسازی)
برای مشاهده ی ویدئوهای بیشتر و هم چنین تصاویر مرتبط با مکان های گردشگری بم به صفحه اینستاگرام و یا وبسایت ما سر بزنید.
برای رزرو تورهای گردشگری بم و حومه با ما در ارتباط باشید.
The Arg-e Bam (Persian: ارگ بم) is the largest adobe building in the world, located in Bam, a city in Kerman Province of southeastern Iran.
Walk inside Bam destroyed citadel, Bam Iran part 2