The City Council of Cádiz boasts of a pioneering diagnosis with 60,000 3D images for the Puertas de Tierra and Baluartes, paid for with 200,000 euros of European funds. But the tender for the repair works has still not been published. Meanwhile, citizens pay taxes to know that the monuments are falling apart, but not to fix them. Technology advances; repairs do not.
60,000 private photos for a public ruin 🏛️
The images will be stored on private servers, not in a public repository, so citizens will not be able to see the real state of their heritage. This diagnosis comes late: a decade ago, poorly planned works already damaged the Puertas de Tierra. Now, the bastions are crumbling while the PP government uses technology as an excuse to justify cost overruns in future repairs with affiliated companies. The 3D model is pretty, but it doesn't save stones.
Good thing we have a 3D selfie of the heritage 😅
Finally, when the bastions weep tears of lime, we can console them with their 3D model. What a relief to know that European money was spent on high-definition photos while the cracks grow. The city council says it is a pioneering diagnosis; the neighbors say it is a monument to inaction. But it doesn't matter: in ten years, when only dust remains, we will do another scan. Of course, this time in 4K.