Tatiana PIGNATALE | Ilenia TRAMENTOZZI
(Dipartimento di Architettura, Florence, Italy)
Abstract:
The protection of the archaeological heritage is an issue addressed in the world. The Italian territory is full of places that can tell interesting stories, but often is “too complicated or too expensive” provide the necessary means to save them from ruin. Some places were privileged receiving the funds needed for restoration, but not for their development within the territory. This mechanism leads to an inevitable future abandonment of the area due to lack of disclosure able to sensitize the population to a new livable and exploitable for tourism.
Italy often losts immense treasures because they fall into anonymity.
A place like this is the archaeological park of Saturo in Leporano, near Taranto (Apulia, Italy), situated on a promontory on the coast of Salento. There are remnants as the Acropolis, the Roman villa and the coastal tower testifying a historical range that starts from the XVII century. B.C. and ends at the XVI century A.C.
The policy of the archaeological park of Saturo is focusing on sensitization of the population through a historical re-enactments of events or laboratories of artisan techniques with those that were the materials of the time. Their results are the togetherness of the new generations and the local diffusion for keep alive historical settlements. This interest will soon be lost again because the approach is not “in step with the times” and will attract only experts or loving; for a winning mix, it would be necessary an integration between heritage and tecnologies that makes a connection between the findings at the site, the artifacts that have been taken and preserved in the museums, and the visitor’s involvement through applications giving a total understanding of what was in place where today there are only finds.
Keywords: anonymous heritage, heritage protection, visitors involvement, sensitization