Castillo de la Luz 3D model
Castillo de la Luz, or Santa Catalina
The Castillo de la Luz, also known locally as Castillo de Santa Catalina del Monte or Castillo del Verdolay, is located 438 meters above sea level south between the towns of La Alberca and Algezares in the province of Murcia. Very little is known about the history of this castle. Was this construction a castle? Given the different cultures that settled in this region over the centuries and the mystical and religious character that this region exudes, just think of the neighboring Ermitorio de la Luz and el Santuario de la Virgen de la Fuensanta, this building could also be one or the other sanctuary. This theory is quickly debunked.
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Interactive Photogrammetry 3D
Building 3D scanning process
We scanned this castle using a Mavic 3Enterprise drone, capturing images with an oblique flight mission. with this new Drone could scann the whole mountain in around 15 minutes. The geometry and textures were processed with Agisoft Metashape software, allowing me to define the number of faces in the 3D mesh. This created a lightweight model without the need for complex decimation or low-resolution texture projection. Agisoft then generated a JPEG texture at a suitable resolution for 3D visualization on Sketchfab.