La Sardegna cresce con l’Europa Gallura Territory Megalithic Circles Baldu’s Project jointly funded by the European Union of Li Muri Palace Operational programme ERDF 2007 – 2013 Arzachena Luogosanto 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- Gallura Anthropological Heritage for the provinces of Sassari, Olbia, Tempio and Nuoro, for the kind cooperation. Territory Megalithic Circles of Li Muri | Arzachena Baldu’s Palace | Luogosanto Cultural heritage Unicity Srl: Sardinia Virtual Archaeology Coordination and Production 3D and 3D Render Reconstruction Gallura and Production Virtual Guided Territory Visits and Virtual Views Production Communication and Multimedia Megalithic Circles Testaluna Srl: of Li Muri 3D Planning and Interactivity Text: Mrs. Emanuela Atzeni Polonord Adeste Srl: Baldu’s Palace USB Pendrive Production Text: Mrs. Claudia Cocco Mrs. Francesca Collu 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 Gallura 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. Giant’s tomb of Lu Coddu Vecchiu, Arzachena 6 Sardegna Virtual Archaeology General map of Sardinia Gallura territory Li Muri Luogosanto Arzachena Palazzo di Baldu Olbia Tempio Pausania Porto Torres Li Muri Sassari Gallura Sassarese Luogosanto Arzachena Alghero Nuoro Palazzo di Baldu Olbia Nuorese Tempio Oristanese Pausania Oristano Ogliastra Medio Campidano Cagliaritano Cagliari Iglesiente Sulcis Megalithic circles Baldu’s of Li Muri Palace (Arzachena) (Luogosanto) Arzachena • Megalithic the typical Sardinian hypogeic burial of the circles of Li Muri Late Neolithic (3500-2800 B.C.) and the Early Eneolithic (2800-2500 B.C.): probably the burial purpose was fulfilled by small n the territory of Gallura (except from dolmens or some other megalithic tombs, like some marginal cases) there is not any the so-called “circles”, often gathered INeolithic necropolis or domus de janas , together to form a necropolis. ↑ Reconstruction of the burial circles of Li Muri ↓ Tomb 4 The necropolis of Li Muri 10 Sardegna Virtual Archaeology Sardegna Virtual Archaeology 11 Among the archaeological monuments of the the Culture of San Ciriaco, during which a small gallery grave named allée couverte , was found a small quadrangular burial box eastern Gallura, the site of Li Muri, situated in change in the Neolithic culture took place discovered in 1939 by the primary school named “cist”, whose side walls were made the territory of Arzachena, is one of the most with the increasing of trading and, together teacher Michele Ruzzittu. The circle tombs with the use of four big slabs vertically dug interesting examples of the Sardinian with it, of social relations. The necropolis, are composed of a series of masonry circles into the ground. Each cist was covered by a megalithic civilization that appeared through composed of four circle tombs and of one at the centre of which the archaeologists single slab, now disappeared. The cists were ↑ Reconstruction of the burial circles of Li Muri ↓ Stone cist inside the circle 1 ↑ Stone cist inside the circle 4 ↓ Stone cist inside the circle 2 12 Sardegna Virtual Archaeology Sardegna Virtual Archaeology 13 then covered to form an artificial earth of a previous Neolithic mound grave. It is were set at the tangency points between the circles, were probably destined to receive mound with a diameter that could vary from made of a rectangular corridor, at its turn circles to mark the tombs. One of these offerings for the cult of the dead.