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Fire beacon
A fire beacon was an essential part of a fortress. It allowed long-distance communication with other fortresses or ships nearby, to send messages quickly and reliably. Not only military messages could be sent, but also urgent pleas for assistance (for example "We need a midwife to come over quickly" as described by Han Leune). However, we don't know the sign language that was used, although it mus…
Creator
- visualdimension
Subject
- history
- signage
- fortress
- Weapons & Military
- fort
- beacon
- Signpost
- Cultural Heritage & History
- military-history
- 17th-century
- …
- beacons
- History
Type of item
- 3D
Creator
- visualdimension
Subject
- history
- signage
- fortress
- Weapons & Military
- fort
- beacon
- Signpost
- Cultural Heritage & History
- military-history
- 17th-century
- …
- beacons
- History
Type of item
- 3D
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Rights
- Visual Dimension bvba
Creation date
- 2023
- 2023
Temporal
- 1640
- 17th century CE
- 1640
Places
- Fort Lillo
Provenance
- The 3D model has been created in Blender based on multiple drawings from the Rijksmuseum and the publication “De Forten Lillo en Liefkenshoek” by Han Leune. This model has been integrated into an interactive virtual world, based on the Unity3D platform, depicting the fortress of Lillo, in the year 1640.; Animations; Polygonal modelling; Texture mapping; Virtual reconstruction
Identifier
- share3d:1430
- share3d:1430
Format
- glTF
Language
- English
- eng
Is part of
- Share3D
- Belgium
Relations
- https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/RP-P-1898-A-20390
- https://hanleune.nl/de-forten-lillo-en-liefkenshoek
- https://fortlillo.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/lillo-4-9-2022-18_36_52.jpg
- https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/RP-P-1878-A-1697
Year
- 2023
- 1640
Providing country
- Belgium
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2024-02-12T16:42:25.977Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2024-09-09T13:14:36.050Z