SyPEAH: The WebAPP System for Protection and Education to Archaeological Heritage in the Parco Archeologico del Colosseo

Irma Della Giovampaola

doi:10.3390/geosciences11060246

Abstract

Archaeological sites are affected by changes due to a natural deterioration process over time. If not prevented, this may compromise the functionality of the cultural property, and in turn become pathological and result in degradation. Monitoring through innovative technologies paves the way towards an effective planned maintenance activity and therefore preventive conservation. The monitoring project of the Parco Archeologico del Colosseo was inspired by the desire to build a system of protection and conservation at the service of sustainable exploitation. Established by Ministerial Decree 12 January 2017 in art. 3, the park is an independent cultural site of the Ministry of Culture. It includes the central area of Rome—the Roman Forum, the Palatine, the Colosseum and the Domus Aurea—and has an extension of about 77 hectares, of which about 32 are buildings. With these objectives, the Parco Archeologico del Colosseo has launched a static and dynamic monitoring project consisting of six fundamental levels of activities. The project involves the creation of a multi-parameter system of permanent control of the entire archaeological area, with the associated indicators of the level of risk, for which it is necessary the combined use of innovative technologies.

Highlights

Archaeological sites are affected by changes due to a natural deterioration process over time
The app developed for the reporting and notification system, easy and intuitive, usable by non-experts thanks to the use of Augmented Reality (AR), could have developments for the enhancement activity, which responds to the need for knowledge and history that underlies cultural tourism
From this point of view, enhancement would be the goal of the research process guaranteed by protection [42]

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Archaeological sites are affected by changes due to a natural deterioration process over time. 2019, in press), despite recent efforts and progress supported by the development of IT and ICT, aimed at the protection of cultural heritage worldwide, in the last decades many cultural heritage sites of exceptional value have suffered damage, sometimes irreversible, due to natural processes, including climate change, or human-induced, with rapid or slow onset. This is why it is crucial to anticipate, plan for and reduce the risk of heritage asset loss in order to more effectively protect cultural heritage and strengthen its resilience. From this awareness comes the urgent need to rethink management and conservation plans for archaeological sites in order to innovate from a technological point of view and in management practices

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