La Sardegna cresce con l’Europa Ogliastra Territory Nuragic complex of The harbour and the Project jointly funded by the European Union S’Arcu ’e Is Forros coastal towers of Arbatax Operational programme ERDF 2007 – 2013 Villagrande Strisaili Tortolì EUROPEAN UNION ERDF - European Regional Development Fund - Axis I, Activity line 1.2.3.a. REPUBBLICA ITALIANA P.O.R. ERDF Sardinia 2007-2013, Line 1 “Information Society”, Specific Goal 1.2. “Promoting and developing the information society with a particular attention to those key aspects that will sustain the development of the territory and the quality of life, as health, education and the promotion of culture”, Operational Goal 1.2.3. “Increasing the production of the digital contents”, Action Line of 1.2.3.a. “Actions for the production, publication and sharing on the web and on new media (DTV, mobile T, etc.) of digital contents concerning Sardinia’s culture, literature, music, territory and images for a social fruition”. Cultural heritage We thank the Superintendence for the Architectural, Landscape, Historical, Artistic and Ethno- Ogliastra Anthropological Heritage for the metropolitan city of Cagliari and for the provinces of Oristano, Medio Campidano, Carbonia-Iglesias and Ogliastra, for the kind cooperation. Territory Nuragic complex of S’Arcu ’e Is Forros | Villagrande Strisaili The harbour and the coastal towers of Arbatax | Tortolì Cultural heritage Unicity Srl: Sardinia Virtual Archaeology Coordination and Production 3D and 3D Render Reconstruction Ogliastra and Production Virtual Guided Territory Visits and Virtual Views Production Communication and Multimedia Nuragic complex of Testaluna Srl: S’Arcus ’e Is Forros 3D Planning and Interactivity Text: Mrs. Emanuela Atzeni Polonord Adeste Srl: The harbour and the USB Pendrive Production coastal towers of Arbatax Text: Mrs. Maria Grazia Arru Imago Multimedia Snc: Texts, Graphics and Photographs of the sites Cultural heritage sites inside the Digital and Paper Guide Text: Mrs. Maria Grazia Arru FSG Sas - Unicity Srl: Cultural heritage Mr. Giulio Concu Interactive multimedial stations and technical support The project “Cultural heritage Sardegna Virtual Archaeology” he archaeological and architectonic aspects can be easily found and they are heritage of Sardinia offers a lot of fundamental elements of the nowadays Tunusual traits compared to the other Sardinian identity heritage. The essential Mediterranean territories. Its peculiarities are aspects of the Sardinian archaeology and concentrated in particular between the late architecture are well known, even if in a pre-history and the proto-history and have partial way, thanks to those excellent their apex in the Nuragic civilization . examples of the Nuragic complex of Barumini However, some other distinctive historical- or the Romanesque church of Saccargia, time features of Sardinia come from the which are already part of a common heritage ; significant presence of the Phoenician, Punic, but in a world where gathering information is Roman and Byzantine civilizations. A new relatively simple, the public administration and specific culture arose from the has the duty of presenting the culture of interaction of the local culture with those Sardinia in an objective and complete way, so outer civilizations: its material and immaterial that it could be available for any kind of experts and or any people without innovative educational products connected experience. That is why the R.A.S. ( Regional to the Sardinian places of culture, creating an Ogliastra Administration of Sardinia) has chosen to integrated system of sites and monuments stimulate the spectacular aspects of some of that will be rebuilt with the use of the most the main archaeological and architectonic recent 3D technologies. So, the Sardinian remains, which were already built in dramatic heritage will be available for any kind of user landscapes that could fascinate even the through high quality products characterized least interested visitor. But the real challenge by fascinating graphics and rich interactive lies in contextualizing the archaeological sites information. With these purposes, seventeen in their cultural environment. The idea comes sites among the most significant of the from the concept that the remains of ancient Sardinian history and culture, deployed in cultures can “tell a story” when they are eight areas of interests , have been virtually “examined” all together, as if they were the reconstructed with three-dimensional and pages of a book that otherwise would be realistic features , as a result of an accurate incomprehensible at the end. Basically, the research on the bibliographic and project aims to illustrate a monument or a cartographic material. The digital site showing the reasons why it is interesting reconstructions meet those reconstructive not just for itself but also and above all for its hypotheses that have been validated by the importance in the surrounding cultural and scientific and academic community and that natural environment. This aspect is essential originate from the excavations, the field and useful for the interpretation of the today researches, the historical-archaeological and world: it helps us to understand why we artistic studies. Therefore, the 3D should preserve our archaeological and reconstructions offer the highest degree of architectonical heritage , beyond its fidelity to the original building or site, monumentality and although pertinent to reproducing the surrounding natural cultures, as for instance the Roman one, that landscape and the archaeological are usually considered extraneous to the environment with the external structures, the identitarian inheritance. The ways through inner spaces and real-life settings. The which this kind of knowledge should be ultimate digital product will be available at spread, are set depending on the media to some of the most important cultural places of which they are addressed for its fruition. Still, Sardinia, as for instance museums and the available products will go beyond the universities, and at the so-called “access mere didactic presentation of the site to points”, that are specific public spaces where come to a wider and complete description the interactive multimedia posts will be from all cultural points of view. installed and accessible to all visitors. Moreover, the product will be available on Content and purpose of the project digital support to be distributed during conventions, fairs, forum and tourism The project “Sardinian Virtual Archaeology exhibitions. In fact, the specific purpose of Cultural Heritage” was set up with the aim to the RAS’ “Linea di Attività 1.2.3.a” aims to enhance the so-called “Homogeneous increase the production, divulgation and System of Visual Identity” that the R.A.S. has sharing of digital contents referring to already started with the main purpose to Sardinian cultural assets, so to improve the create an instrument of safeguard and knowledge of the diverse users and to promotion of the Sardinian cultural heritage. enhance the education of the different Besides, the project contributes to the segments of students, in view of a useful improvement of the scientific, didactic and socio-cultural repercussion on the territory. • Tower of Barì, Bari sardo 6 Sardegna Virtual Archaeology General map of Sardinia Ogliastra territory Olbia Porto Torres Sassari Gallura Villagrande Sassarese Alghero Strisaili Nuoro S’Arcu ’e is Forros Arbatax Torre di S. Miguel Nuorese Torre di S. Gemiliano Lanusei Oristanese Villagrande Strisaili S’Arcu Oristano Arbatax ’e is Forros Torre di S. Miguel Lanusei Torre di S. Gemiliano Ogliastra Ogliastra Medio Campidano Cagliaritano Cagliari Iglesiente Sulcis Nuragic complex The harbour and the of S’Arcu ’e is Forros coastal towers of Arbatax (Villagrande Strisaili) (Tortolì) Villagrande Strisaili • Nuragic of the Correboi pass. The locality, known with complex of S’Arcu ’e Is Forros the old Sardinian toponym of Interrabbas , is naturally delimited by two streams and it is linked to the century-old practice of the he Nuragic sanctuary of S’Arcu ’e Is transhumance. The site contains an Forros is located in the valley of Riu archaeological context (15 th -9 th century B.C.) TPira ’e Onni, in the territory of including a sanctuary-village with some Villagrande Strisaili, along the border between megaron sacred buildings, erected on a the Barbagia and the Ogliastra regions, south previous Medium-Bronze Nuragic ↑ Aerial photo of the site of S’Arcu ’e Is Forros ↓ Aerial photo of the of Nuraghe Arcu ’e Sforru Interior of the temple Megaron 1 10 Sardegna Virtual Archaeology Sardegna Virtual Archaeology 11 settlement. Nearby stand the monuments of the comprehension of the site and to the stones of different shape and size and they calcareous stone appear in particular in the Nuraghe Arcu’e Sforru and Nuraghe recovery of noteworthy and precious findings, represent various typologies of architecture. accessory elements strictly linked to the Lotzoracesus with an annexed giants’ tomb. through which is now possible to rewrite in In the sacred area, for instance, they used the sacred place, as for example some bases with To stop the clandestine pillage in the wide detail some aspects of the every-day life, of granite to build walls made of irregular rows holes to insert the votive bronze statuettes. archaeological area, the Superintendence of the productive activities and of the of different stone size. The schist was used to The first excavations involved