Abstract
Abstract. The research here presented reflects on the potentials of enhancement, given by new Information and Communication technologies, in the field of Culture Heritage. It describes an interpretation and communication project for a military landscape built during World War II by the German troops. Known as Galla Placidia Line, it was a network of heterogeneous fortifications like bunkers, defensive emplacements and dragon’s teeth erected between Pesaro and Ravenna along the coasts of Emilia Romagna.The project bases its roots on the development of a rigorous census, thought as an implementation of the online open-source catalogue established by the entrusted Institutions. The direct and indirect surveys required in order to describe these structures according to a specific set of characteristics will increase their knowledge and relative awareness and it will constitute the starting point for developing new narrative contents. The communication and interpretation of these data will go through the use of locating intelligences – an integrated GPS and Beacon system – involved into a new application. A tool witch is meant to help and empower local communities and institutions not only in making this heritage known but also in its conservation policies.
Highlights
This paper explores the centrality of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)-based services for the knowledge, interpretation, dissemination and enhancement of the German bunkers of the Galla Placidia Line
No institution can ever guarantee a reliable conservation programme without an up-to-date list of cultural assets entrusted to it or even potentially capable of being so. This leads to the emergence of identification problems, especially related to the fact that Cultural Heritage is a complex phenomenon in continuous transformation: today we identify as bearer of values and worth of protection what was not the case yesterday
Observing this project according to this point of view it is possible to observe that Emilia Romagna region has a very strong touristic vocation; with about 60 millions registered visitors in 2018 (Osservatorio, 2019), it is one of the top three regions chosen by Italian and foreign tourists as a holiday destination
Summary
This paper explores the centrality of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)-based services for the knowledge, interpretation, dissemination and enhancement of the German bunkers of the Galla Placidia Line. Built along the Adriatic coast, this network of forgotten and underused military architectures is an exemplary case for investigating the potential of intelligent digital technologies in the field of communication for preservation – open-source digital archives, interactive and geo-referenced maps, virtual tourism, virtual installations, soundscapes and last but not least civic engagement for managing Cultural Heritage –. An integrated technological system whose development seems to ensure a new narrative for built heritage through which to strengthen the sense of places and the individual and collective memory, to discover and interpret this military landscape, and to increase its capacity of ‘resilience’ management from a social, economic, environmental and cultural point of view. The following is a description of the work done so far to meet this challenge: a project still in its early stages capable of integrating skills and expertise related to restoration and geomatics for the future of a legacy that deserves a ‘second life’, both virtual and real. [CM; AU; AZ]
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