Post-earthquake cultural heritage rehabilitation. The digital and integrated management of artwork from Amandola (FM), Italy

The paper reports a project focused on the scientific analysis of undesirable effects caused by a potentially destructive phenomenon, such as an earthquake, and propose how to manage its consequences affecting historical, environmental and cultural assets. The project was based on a specific method addressed to bind together different conservative strategies. The system’s structure allows simple data-query and updating, and its implementation, if necessary. The project presents two different phases: a first study about the territory, and afterward the management of the objects repository authorised by Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage. This second step is characterised by the setting up of a Datawarehouse concerning restoration. A G.I.S. provides a monitoring tool for the phase of intervention on the territory. Thanks to this tool is possible to collect data, to analyse territories and to manage different resources simultaneously. Within the second work-area of intervention, the team has developed a digital repository. Inside this digital space, each and every data resulting from the analysis is storage, ready to be used in decisions concerning interventions. The main goal is to develop a specific archive, which operates as a practical tool for any intervention. The project aims to launch a new methodology focused on preliminary documentation, which will be useful to design some restorative and conservative interventions.