La Sardegna cresce con l’Europa Medio Campidano Territory Nuragic village Castle of Project jointly funded by the European Union of Su Nuraxi Monreale Operational programme ERDF 2007 – 2013 Barumini Sardara 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- Medio Campidano 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 village of Su Nuraxi | Barumini Castle of Monreale | Sardara Cultural heritage Unicity Srl: Sardinia Virtual Archaeology Coordination and Production 3D and 3D Render Reconstruction Medio Campidano and Production Virtual Guided Territory Visits and Virtual Views Production Communication and Multimedia Nuragic village Testaluna Srl: of Su Nuraxi 3D Planning and Interactivity Text: Mrs. Emanuela Atzeni Polonord Adeste Srl: Castle USB Pendrive Production of Monreale 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. Emanuela Atzeni 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 Medio Campidano 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 enhance promotion of the Sardinian cultural heritage. the education of the different segments of Besides, the project contributes to the students, in view of a useful socio-cultural improvement of the scientific, didactic and repercussion on the territory. • Nuragic village of Su Nuraxi, Barumini 6 Sardegna Virtual Archaeology General map of Sardinia Medio Campidano territory Olbia Gallura Porto Torres Sassari Su Nuraxi Barumini Alghero Sassarese Nuoro Sa nlu ri Nuorese Castello di Monreale Sardara Oristano Ogliastra Oristanese Medio Su Nuraxi Campidano Barumini Sanluri Castello di Monreale Sardara Medio Campidano Cagliaritano Cagliari Iglesiente Sulcis Nuragic village Castle of of Su Nuraxi Monreale (Barumini) (Sardara) Barumini • Nuragic zens of huts, lies in the central-southern Sar - village of Su Nuraxi dinia, in the fertile region of Marmilla, at the foot of the Giara plateau and on a marl hill overlooking the fertile valley of Pardu ’e S’Eda, he archaeological site of Su Nuraxi of where once wheat was grown. In 1907, the ar - Barumini, with its imposing nuraghe chaeologist Antonio Taramelli wrote: “ There Tsurrounded by a wide village with do - are few remains of the other Nuragic buildings, or ↑ Archaeological area of Su Nuraxi, eastern view ↓ Archaeological area of Su Nuraxi, south-eastern view ↑ Reconstruction of the Nuragic complex and the village ↓ Nuraghe Su Nuraxi, northern view 10 Sardegna Virtual Archaeology Sardegna Virtual Archaeology 11 they keep just the name at the foot of the Giara logy and the planimetry of the nuraghe. The sy - Nuraxi have allowed to rebuild the history of (the fortified tower), which originally was at plateau, like Bruncu Su Nuraxi, close to the road stematic excavations of the village, directed by the settlement and for the first time they attest least 18 metres tall and was built with the use from Tuili to Barumini ”. The oldest pictures of the same Giovanni Lilliu from 1951 to 1956, al - different moments of life to which correspond of big basalt blocks. It was made of three supe - Su Nuraxi – the nuraghe par excellence – in a lowed to identify different phases of life, wit - different building phases, products of the ma - rimposed chambers. The ground-floor cham - bad state and with the appearance of a low hill, nessing the presence of a settlement from the terial culture and some traces of the social or - ber was not in line with the vertical axis of the date back to 1937. The first description of the middle of the 2 nd millennium b.C. (about 1600 ganisation. The first phase (16 th -14 th century tower, being preceded by a long vestibule. monument dates back to 1938, by