Interpretation of the remains of the church of the Monastery of San Jerónimo de Buenavista (Seville) based on a multifocal approach and the creation of a digital model

Abstract

After the French invasion and the disentailment of ecclesiastical property in Spain in the 19th century, the monastery of San Jerónimo de Buenavista in Seville fell victim to neglect, looting and ruin. Archaeological prospections begun in 1988 yielded evidence of the foundations and some of the paving of the lost areas, but the parts of the monastery’s church that are still standing today have barely received any attention beyond establishing certain spatial relationships with the underlying remains. To examine the construction and spatial characteristics of the building, we developed a digital model based on a photogrammetric survey, a stratigraphic interpretation of traces, a spatial analysis based on the geometric systems of formal control that were used at the time, and the identification of typological references. The aim of these overlapping approaches was to obtain the most objective understanding possible. © (2023), (Caspur -Ciber Publishing). All Rights Reserved.