Publicomos

Réf.

41888

Type

book section

Titre

The reconstruction of the Great Buddha of Bamiyan, Afghanistan

Langues

English

Auteurs

Gruen, A. / Remondino, F. / Zhang, L.

Auteurs institutionnels

ICOMOS Spain

Lieu de publication

Madrid

Pays de publication

Spain

Maison d'édition

ICOMOS Spain

Date

2002

Pages

p. 49-55

Titre de la source

Estrategias relativas al patrimonio cultural mundial. La salvaguarda en un mundo globalizado. Principios, practicas y perspectivas. 13th ICOMOS General Assembly and Scientific Symposium. Actas

Titre de conférence

ICOMOS 13th General Assembly: Strategies for the World’s Cultural Heritage - Preservation in a Globalised World - Principles, Practices, Perspectives

Lieu de conférence

Madrid, Spain

Date de conférence

1-5 December 2002

Mots-clés

destruction of cultural heritage / demolition / reconstruction / photogrammetry / computer techniques / Buddhas / conservation of historic monuments / photogrammetric surveys / historic buildings

Pays mentionnés

Afghanistan

Monuments et sites

Buddhas of Bamiyan, Afghanistan

N° Patrimoine mondial

208

Résumé en anglais

The statues of Bamiyan were demolished on March 2001 by the Taleban, using mortars, dynamite, anti-aircraft weapons and rockets. The Buddhists, the world community, the United Nations and UNESCO failed to convince the Taleban to leave such works of cultural heritage. The fundamentalist Islamic militia, which has governed most of Afghanistan from 1996 to December 2001, followed an edict of its supreme leader who ordered a campaign of destruction to rid the land of all non-Islamic graven images. The Taleban refused also an offer to build a big wall in front of the statues to cover them and they blasted into dust the two giants. For the Afghanistan militia «... the Buddhas violate the Islamic prohibition against sacred images. They are false idols that must be destroyed. The statues should be destroyed so that they are not worshipped now or in the future ...».

Document joint

49.pdf

Licence

Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (BY-NC-ND)

Document source

44337 - Spanish #44337