Abstract
ABSTRACTThis paper deals with the approach used to create the digital cultural heritage map (hereafter, c.h.) of the mountain village of Cancellara and its territory, located in Basilicata, Southern Italy. The map is thought to be an exhaustive georeferenced catalogue of sites of cultural interest to bring fresh insights and new life to the c.h. and support decisions for their protection, management and valorization by the municipality and public bodies, national and regional, designated to fulfil the duties in ensuring the protection and accessibility of cultural heritage. A digital c.h. map is also important and useful for scholars who conduct studies and investigations as well as for private companies and cultural associations which work in the field of Cultural and Creative Industry. This map allows access to information useful for the reconstruction of the history of the place, dispersed among various private and public archives or unpublished. The map includes a chart at the territory scale, and more detail for the built-up area and its historical centre. It summarises data from heterogeneous sources.
Highlights
The use of GIS cartography is an essential tool for the protection and the management of local or regional cultural heritage.The protection of c.h. and cultural landscapes is enshrined in national and international protocols: the Operational Guidelines of the Convention UNESCO World Heritage (UNESCO, 1992) and the Mediterranean Landscape Charter adopted in Sevilla in 1993 (Zoido Naranjo, 1998) are aimed at supporting c.h. and landscape conservation policy ‘to meet the threats that uncontrolled development pose for ecological and historical landscape values’ (Jones & Stensek, 2011)
This paper deals with the approach used to create the digital cultural heritage map of the mountain village of Cancellara and its territory, located in Basilicata, Southern Italy
We developed the Cultural Heritage Map presented here
Summary
The use of GIS cartography is an essential tool for the protection and the management of local or regional cultural heritage.The protection of c.h. and cultural landscapes is enshrined in national and international protocols: the Operational Guidelines of the Convention UNESCO World Heritage (UNESCO, 1992) and the Mediterranean Landscape Charter adopted in Sevilla in 1993 (Zoido Naranjo, 1998) are aimed at supporting c.h. and landscape conservation policy ‘to meet the threats that uncontrolled development pose for ecological and historical landscape values’ (Jones & Stensek, 2011). The issue is timely because several factors threaten the conservation of the cultural and rural landscape in the Italian countryside (Murgante & Danese, 2011; Murgante, Las Casas, & Danese, 2007; Nolè, Danese, Murgante, Lasaponara, & Lanorte, 2012). These include the visual impact of new urban elements (Danese, Nolè, & Murgante, 2009); renewable energy production, including wind farms (Danese, Las Casas, & Murgante, 2008); the effects of fire, and urban sprawl
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