La Sardegna cresce con l’Europa Oristanese Territory Archaeological Roman The area of Project jointly funded by the European Union area of baths of the basilicas Operational programme ERDF 2007 – 2013 Tharros Forum Traiani of Cornus EUROPEAN UNION ERDF - European Regional Development Fund - Axis I, Activity line 1.2.3.a. Cabras Fordongianus Cuglieri 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- Oristanese 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 Archaeological area of Tharros | Cabras Roman baths of Forum Traiani | Fordongianus The area of the basilicas of Cornus-Columbaris | Cuglieri Cultural heritage Unicity Srl: Sardegna Virtual Archaeology Coordination and Production 3D and 3D Render Reconstruction Oristanese and Production Virtual Guided Territory Visits and Virtual Views Production Communication and Multimedia Archaeological area of Tharros Testaluna Srl: Text: Mr. Carlo Tronchetti 3D Planning and Interactivity Roman baths of Forum Traiani Polonord Adeste Srl: Text: Mr. Carlo Tronchetti USB Pendrive Production The area of the basilicas of Cornus-Columbaris Imago Multimedia Snc: Text: Mrs. Claudia Cocco Texts, Graphics and Photographs of the sites Mrs. Francesca Collu inside the Digital and Paper Guide FSG Sas - Unicity Srl: Cultural heritage Cultural heritage sites Interactive multimedial stations Text: Mr. Giulio Concu, Mrs. Silvia Vidili and technical support The project “Cultural heritage Sardegna Virtual Archaeology” he archaeological and architectonic they are fundamental elements of the heritage of Sardinia offers a lot of nowadays Sardinian identity heritage. The Tunusual traits compared to the other essential aspects of the Sardinian Mediterranean territories. Its peculiarities archaeology and architecture are well known, are concentrated in particular between the even if in a partial way, thanks to those late pre-history and the proto-history and excellent examples of the Nuragic complex have their apex in the Nuragic civilization . of Barumini or the Romanesque church of However, some other distinctive historical- Saccargia, which are already part of a time features of Sardinia come from the common heritage ; but in a world where significant presence of the Phoenician, gathering information is relatively simple, the Punic, Roman and Byzantine colonisations. public administration has the duty of A new and specific culture arose from the presenting the culture of Sardinia in an interaction of the local culture with those objective and complete way, so that it could outer civilizations: its material and be available for any kind of experts and or immaterial aspects can be easily found and any people without experience. That is why the R.A.S. ( Regional Administration of innovative educational products connected Sardinia) has chosen to stimulate the to the Sardinian places of culture, creating an Oristanese spectacular aspects of some of the main integrated system of sites and monuments archaeological and architectonic remains, that will be rebuilt with the use of the most which were already built in dramatic recent 3D technologies. So, the Sardinian landscapes that could fascinate even the heritage will be available for any kind of user least interested visitor. But the real challenge through high quality products characterized lies in contextualizing the archaeological sites by fascinating graphics and rich interactive in their cultural environment. The idea comes information. With these purposes, seventeen from the concept that the remains of ancient sites among the most significant of the cultures can “tell a story” when they are Sardinian history and culture, deployed in “examined” all together, as if they were the eight areas of interests , have been virtually pages of a book that otherwise would be reconstructed with three-dimensional and incomprehensible at the end. Basically, the realistic features , as a result of an accurate project aims to illustrate a monument or a research on the bibliographic and site showing the reasons why it is interesting cartographic material. The digital not just for itself but also and above all for its reconstructions meet those reconstructive importance in the surrounding cultural and hypotheses that have been validated by the natural environment. This aspect is essential scientific and academic community and that and useful for the interpretation of the today originate from the excavations, the field world: it helps us to understand why we researches, the historical-archaeological and should preserve our archaeological and artistic studies. Therefore, the 3D architectonical heritage , beyond its reconstructions offer the highest degree of monumentality and although pertinent to fidelity to the original building or site, cultures, as for instance the Roman one, that reproducing the surrounding natural are usually considered extraneous to the landscape and the archaeological identitarian inheritance. The ways through environment with the external structures, the which this kind of knowledge should be inner spaces and real-life settings. The spread, are set depending on the media to ultimate digital product will be available at which they are addressed for its fruition. Still, some of the most important cultural places of the available products will go beyond the Sardinia, as for instance museums and mere didactic presentation of the site to universities, and at the so-called “access come to a wider and complete description points”, that are specific public spaces where from all cultural points of view. the interactive multimedia posts will be 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. Giants of Mont’e Prama, Cabras 6 Sardegna Virtual Archaeology General map of Sardinia Oristanese territory Olbia Porto Torres Sassari Gallura Cuglieri Alghero Sassarese Cornus Nuoro Oristanese Cuglieri Nuorese Cornus Fordongianus Oristanese Fordongianus Forum Traiani Cabras Forum Traiani Cabras Oristano Ogliastra Tharros Oristano Tharros Medio Campidano Cagliaritano Cagliari Iglesiente Sulcis Archaeological Roman baths of The area of the Basilicas area of Tharros Forum Traiani of Cornus-Columbaris (Cabras) (Fordongianus) (Cuglieri) Cabras • Archaeological of the hills of Su Muru Mannu and of San area of Tharros Giovanni . On the top of the hill of Su Muru Mannu the archaeologists found the ruins of a Nuragic village that was frequented until the 8 th century B.C. They have not yet he city of Tharros is situated in the definitely defined the date of the foundation peninsula of Cape San Marco that, of Tharros as a real city. On the basis of the Ttogether with the opposite point of new excavations, mainly in the southern and Cape Frasca, outlines the wide gulf of northern necropolises, and of the revision of Oristano, called “ mare morto ” (dead sea) by the old elements, the foundation of the local people. The settlement stretches along Phoenician city of Tharros is dated to the the eastern coast of the peninsula, looking final decades of the 7 th century B.C. But into the mare morto and occupying the slopes almost nothing was left of this first city, The peninsula of Cape San Marco from the north: on the left, some remains of the city; on the right, the slope of the hill of San Giovanni Tharros: view of the urban area 10 Sardegna Virtual Archaeology Sardegna Virtual Archaeology 11 messed up and covered by later heavy urban The areas of the city that have been between the two areas stretch the quarters of Sardinia. On the top of the hill, along the interventions, and the only finds come from excavated so far (even if not entirely) are with houses and public buildings that are western and the northern sides, there is in the necropolises, mainly from the northern distinguished in two main sectors: the hill of marked by the Roman street network, still