Abstract
Abstract. The VAST (valorisation of history and landscape) project (http://vast.fbk.eu/) was part of the initiatives promoted by the Autonomous Province of Trento (Italy) for the commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the First World War (WWI) outbreak. The project was primarily aimed to document and promote, through 3D digitization approaches and communication material, the memory of sites, theatre of the world conflict. The Italian Trento’s province had been under the Austro–Hungarian Empire until the end of the WWI, during which represented a crucial and bloody war front between the Austrian and Italian territories. The region was constellated of military fortresses, trenches and tunnels, most of them now ruined and at risk to slowly disappear. 3D surveying and modelling techniques have been exploited to produce 3D digital models of structures and objects, along with virtual tours, communication material and a WebGIS of the area. All the products are available on the web for valorisation, educational and communication purposes.
Highlights
VAST was an interdisciplinary project, run from June 2013 to June 2015 with the ambition of exploiting current 3D modelling and visualization technologies to reinforce and enrich with new significance the heritage sites and monuments on the mountainous area in the North East of Italy related to the Great War. 3D digital models, virtual tours and WebGIS were produced to document, communicate and valorise military fortresses, war objects and the entire landscape of the Altipiani Cimbri, i.e. the plateaus and highlands of Luserna, Lavarone and Folgaria (Trento province, Italy)
Compared to previous publications showing partial results of the VAST project, this paper aims at summarising all the relevant results achieved within the project and follow-up activities, emphasizing the social, cultural and educational values of the presented research
The territory was constellated of military fortresses, trenches and underground tunnels (Section 1.2) that represent a unique heritage patrimony, especially for the Altipiani Cimbri (Figure 1b), an area lived by an ethnic and linguistic minority, the Cimbrians, a population descending from German people and speaking Cimbrian, a dialect of Bavarian that has maintained characteristics of M iddle High German (Coluzzi, 2004)
Summary
VAST (valorizzazione storia e territorio/valorisation of history and landscape) was an interdisciplinary project, run from June 2013 to June 2015 with the ambition of exploiting current 3D modelling and visualization technologies to reinforce and enrich with new significance the heritage sites and monuments on the mountainous area in the North East of Italy related to the Great War. 3D digital models, virtual tours and WebGIS were produced to document, communicate and valorise military fortresses, war objects and the entire landscape of the Altipiani Cimbri, i.e. the plateaus and highlands of Luserna, Lavarone and Folgaria (Trento province, Italy). The project was scientifically coordinated by FBK-3DOM and run in collaboration with various partners and local stakeholders, with complementary expertise in cultural and technical research field to reach the goals of digitizing and communicating the WWI heritage and memory for the commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the war outbreak. Working for other institutions, took part in project activities. Compared to previous publications showing partial results of the VAST project, this paper aims at summarising all the relevant results achieved within the project and follow-up activities, emphasizing the social, cultural and educational values of the presented research
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