Restored by anastylosis
The intent of anastylosis is to reconstruct historical architectural monuments which have collapsed from the original material. This is done by placing components back in their original place.
Connected Sites
| Site | Rationale | Link |
| Acropolis | (1902 Parthenon and Erechtheion) | |
| Agrigento | (Temple of Heracles) | |
| Ancient Thebes | (Karnak Red Chapel) | |
| Angkor | (1930s Banteay Serai but NOT Ta Prohm) | |
| Aquileia | AB review :- "Some of the restoration work carried out in the decades immediately preceding and following World War II on excavated archaeological areas would not be considered acceptable by current standards. This has involved the reconstruction of colonnades using brick to fill missing portions of columns and importing stone slabs for paving, which goes beyond the limits of acceptable anastylosis. However, a more rigorous policy is now in operation, involving minimal intervention." | |
| Archaeological Site of Delphi | Treasury of Athens | |
| Borobudur | Borobodur (1907-11) | |
| Brú na Bóinne | Newgrange | |
| Chichen-Itza | ||
| Cyrene | Wiki: "ongoing emergency conservation on a theater inside the Sanctuary of Apollo through the process of anastylosis" | |
| Deer Stone Monuments | "A team from the Mongolia-Monaco joint project re-erected (reconstructed) deer stones in Khoid Tamir Valley. The 21 deer stones were selected to be re-erected based on the structure of the heritage site and the comparative studies carried out on the site. We were guided by the following 3 principles to locate places for the re-erection of the deer stones. First, the deer stones are erected at the left side of the khirgisüür. Second, the deer stones are erected in the center and by the left side of the main sacrificial structures in the central and northern part of Mongolia. Third, having studied the initial erection of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd deer stones which stand in their original places at the heritage site of Jargalantyn Am, and having observed the intentional open spaces within the sacrificial structures." - Nomination File | |
| Khami Ruins | "Restoration by analystolisis (as was used in 1991 and 1996) ensures that no new materials are introduced to the fabric of the site and promotes use of traditional methods of construction." (Periodic Reporting 2001) | |
| My Son | ||
| Olympia | Philippeion | |
| Padua’s fourteenth-century fresco cycles | The Church of the Eremitani "was severely damaged during a bombing raid on 11 March 1944 (...) Reconstruction work began at the east end of the church - that is, with the Great Chapel, the Dotto Chapel and the Ovetari Chapel and its antechapel. All of the shaped stone and wall fragments recovered - many of them decorated with fresco fragments - were painstakingly re-assembled; and what was still missing after this anastylosis was supplied by newly-worked pieces that were given a different finish and also dated." (Nomination file, p. 237-238) | |
| Petra | ||
| Pyramids (Memphis) | (Saqqara - Djoser funerary complex) | |
| Stonehenge | ||
| Troy | Troy (Odeion) | |
| Um er-Rasas | AB evaluation "The arches were reconstructed as full anastylosis" | |
| Umm Al-Jimāl | "Some of the structures have been propped or consolidated, others were dismantled after being thoroughly documented and rebuilt as per original (anastylosis of the cathedral completed in 2016)." (AB Ev) | |
| Uxmal | Ballcourt | |
| Verona | Arco dei Gavi: "The arch no longer stands in its original position, as it was demolished by French military engineers in 1805, however, the numerous surveys that had previously been produced made it possible to reassemble it by anastylosis, a process completed in 1932" (wiki) | |
| Xochicalco |
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