(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) ANKARA, Dec 22 (KUNA) -- A Kuwaiti plastic artist and a researcher are working on the final touches of the "Kuwait Panorama II" which depicts the Second Kuwait city and the second Soor (Wall) of 1860.
Artist Asad Bunashi and researcher Bashar Khalifu, member of the Kuwait Historians Association, made the announcement to KUNA on the sidelines of a gallery organized by the Kuwaiti embassy in Ankara under the theme "Mankind and wisdom of creation." Bunashi said they have been facing difficulties to find reliable sources and clear pictures of the city in 1860.
Both the painter and the researcher collected the very few sources and old maps from the Center for Research and Studies on Kuwait, and received assistance from a host of Kuwaiti historians for the historical painting that will show present and future generations the city looked in the past.
The basic lines of the painting have already been drawn, main roads, landmark buildings, mosques and towers, as well as the extension of streets since the "Kuwait Panorama I" (Kuwait in 1760), with the population twice doubled over a century.
There is still need for further sources, the British Library in London, the Ottoman Archive in Istanbul and a research center in Portugal, Bunashi said.
He expected "Kuwait Panorama II" to be completed and displayed over the coming six months.
Work on "Panorama Kuwait I" started in 2006 and was accomplished in a year, depicting Kuwait's image in 1760.
"Kuwait Panorama II" is an extension of "Panorama Kuwait I," Khalifu told KUNA.
He added that the first one comprised 17 landmarks of Kuwait, while the second will have up to 60.
Khalifu pointed to huge similarities between the cities of Kuwait and Amsterdam.
Kuwait is a typical image of the Netherlands' capital - known for its artistic heritage - in terms of the First, Second and Third Soor, gates and roads. (end) rs.msa
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