Upon mandate of the Municipality of Limassol, the UNESCO Chair on Digital Cultural Heritage at Cyprus University of Technology (CUT) has spearheaded the complex digitisation, full digital documentation and long-term preservation of the Lambousa, an historical fishing boat that is an outstanidng piece of Cyprus’s maritime history – it is a symbol of the island’s seafaring tradition and resilience.
This digitisation initiative employs advanced 2D/3D digitisation techniques to create detailed digital designs and models of the vessel, ensuring a high quality of results for use and re-use in different domains. Besides it digital twin made available as open access data to the research and cultural communitis in EU, the Lambousa has now returned to the sea, marking a significant milestone in its history.
Read the post on Europeana.eu: https://www.europeana.eu/en/stories/the-lambousa-fishing-trawler
Learn more on the official website: https://elambousa.eu/
Access the model and its metadata and paradata on EUreka3D Data Hub: http://hdl.handle.net/21.15123/DKf8oUnT
