Jean Raymond Pacho was born in Nice, France, on January 23 1794. After his first experiences travelling in Egypt and he immediately showed an innate passion for architecture to work painting important Islamic monuments. Between 1827 and 1829 two volumes were published in Paris, the second of which contains illustrations accompanying the text of the first volume. Right after he brought him to end his existence committed suicide in Paris at the age of only thirty-five. Among the monuments of the medieval Libyan territory described and drawn by Pacho figure the Fatimid palace of Ajdabiya to known as Kasr Ladjedabiah or the castle of Adjabiya. The Palace, is one of typical rectangular layout, intended to accommodate the Fatimid Caliph and his court, and equipped with round towers at each corner and with rectangular ones in the centre. On one of the short sides, was located the only monumental entrance portico - very similar to that of the contemporary palaces of North Africa like Raqqada (9th century), to the one of Al-Qa’im in Mahdia (10th century), of Ziri in Ashir (11th century) and the entrance of the Great Mosque of Mahdia (912). In summary the palace of Adjabiya is as one of the first Fatimid construction built between 934 and 946 by Amer al-Qa’im bi-Allah al-Mahdi, For this reason Pacho’s designs take on far more importance than of just simple architectural significance.

The Fatimid Palace at Ajdabiya in Libya as drawn by the French explorer Jean-Raymond Pacho / HADDA L. - CD-ROM. - 61:(2016), pp. 212-219. (Intervento presentato al convegno Le vie dei mercanti, XIV forum internazionale di studi tenutosi a Napoli-Capri).

The Fatimid Palace at Ajdabiya in Libya as drawn by the French explorer Jean-Raymond Pacho

HADDA L
2016

Abstract

Jean Raymond Pacho was born in Nice, France, on January 23 1794. After his first experiences travelling in Egypt and he immediately showed an innate passion for architecture to work painting important Islamic monuments. Between 1827 and 1829 two volumes were published in Paris, the second of which contains illustrations accompanying the text of the first volume. Right after he brought him to end his existence committed suicide in Paris at the age of only thirty-five. Among the monuments of the medieval Libyan territory described and drawn by Pacho figure the Fatimid palace of Ajdabiya to known as Kasr Ladjedabiah or the castle of Adjabiya. The Palace, is one of typical rectangular layout, intended to accommodate the Fatimid Caliph and his court, and equipped with round towers at each corner and with rectangular ones in the centre. On one of the short sides, was located the only monumental entrance portico - very similar to that of the contemporary palaces of North Africa like Raqqada (9th century), to the one of Al-Qa’im in Mahdia (10th century), of Ziri in Ashir (11th century) and the entrance of the Great Mosque of Mahdia (912). In summary the palace of Adjabiya is as one of the first Fatimid construction built between 934 and 946 by Amer al-Qa’im bi-Allah al-Mahdi, For this reason Pacho’s designs take on far more importance than of just simple architectural significance.
2016
World, Heritage and Degradation
Le vie dei mercanti, XIV forum internazionale di studi
Napoli-Capri
HADDA L
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