The Cala Moresca Tower in Monte Argentario is one of the case studies that are the subject of an ongoing university research project aimed at investigating and elucidating the Cultural Heritage of the State of Presìdi. Among the communication methods, those related to the use of Information and Communication Technologies together with the more current ones of Extended Reality arouse particular interest. Among these, VR responds positively to one of the purposes of the study: to expand the level of awareness and knowledge of the asset. The use of virtual tours available both in situ and online makes it possible to draw attention to and involve users. One of the aims of the study is to broaden the knowledge of the population and the visitors, who will have to be drawn to attention, involved, and oriented along a flow of scientific information which is conventionally regarded as possible to dedicate only to specialists. Numerous fortified structures for sighting, communication, and defence remain from the State of the Presìdi, a former Spanish military enclave on the Tuscan coast. Among these, many have been restored, but others especially some towers - are currently in a poor state of preservation if not even partially ruined. In this context, the state of the Tower of Cala Moresca, an artifact erected by the Spanish Crown in the Sixteenth Century, appears critical. Despite its long period of existence, no graphic documentation about it can be found today. Between the 18th and 19th centuries, with annexation of the Presìdi to the Kingdom of Etruria, the French drafted several surveys of many of the remaining fortalices, some of which were like the Tower. The working group has recently documented and published the actual condition of the tower, processing TLS and photogrammetric acquisitions in an integrated digital survey. This paper pursues an extension of the above-mentioned research, by integrating the current state with digital reconstructive processing of the missing elements, to be structured through careful study of the relevant documentation of similar systems.
Conoscenza e divulgazione della Torre di Cala Moresca all’Argentario. Dal rilievo dello stato di fatto all’ipotesi ricostruttiva
Piero Barlozzini
Co-primo
Investigation
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2025-01-01
Abstract
The Cala Moresca Tower in Monte Argentario is one of the case studies that are the subject of an ongoing university research project aimed at investigating and elucidating the Cultural Heritage of the State of Presìdi. Among the communication methods, those related to the use of Information and Communication Technologies together with the more current ones of Extended Reality arouse particular interest. Among these, VR responds positively to one of the purposes of the study: to expand the level of awareness and knowledge of the asset. The use of virtual tours available both in situ and online makes it possible to draw attention to and involve users. One of the aims of the study is to broaden the knowledge of the population and the visitors, who will have to be drawn to attention, involved, and oriented along a flow of scientific information which is conventionally regarded as possible to dedicate only to specialists. Numerous fortified structures for sighting, communication, and defence remain from the State of the Presìdi, a former Spanish military enclave on the Tuscan coast. Among these, many have been restored, but others especially some towers - are currently in a poor state of preservation if not even partially ruined. In this context, the state of the Tower of Cala Moresca, an artifact erected by the Spanish Crown in the Sixteenth Century, appears critical. Despite its long period of existence, no graphic documentation about it can be found today. Between the 18th and 19th centuries, with annexation of the Presìdi to the Kingdom of Etruria, the French drafted several surveys of many of the remaining fortalices, some of which were like the Tower. The working group has recently documented and published the actual condition of the tower, processing TLS and photogrammetric acquisitions in an integrated digital survey. This paper pursues an extension of the above-mentioned research, by integrating the current state with digital reconstructive processing of the missing elements, to be structured through careful study of the relevant documentation of similar systems.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
