Search

The Virtual Archaeology project at Alesa Arconidea · Virtual Archeology is the field of application that finalizes the use of information technologies for the knowledge, enhancement and communication of the archaeological heritage. It deals with the reconstruction of artifacts, buildings, landscapes of the past through three-dimensional models, hypertexts and multimedia solutions. The goal of Virtual Archeology is to promote the development of formalized investigation procedures and methodologies to acquire, represent, process and communicate data while producing new information and research tools that go beyond traditional forms and bring a contribution to the progress of the studies and practice of archeology. It is a recent and constantly evolving discipline that has its roots in the 1950s, when archeology welcomed scientific and technical investigation procedures, deriving them initially from other sciences and then adapting them to the specific needs of its research. In the summer of 2021, a Virtual Archeology project was launched at the Alesa Arconidea site, born from the collaboration between the Virtual Archeology Laboratory of the Culture and Society Department of t he University of Palermo and the Archaeological Park of Tindari.

This volume is the second in the series of books dedicated to Virtual Restoration and represents the natural continuation of the previous volume published in 2017: Virtual restoration 1. Paintings and Mosaics. The first volume presented the general topic of virtual restoration as applied to pictorial surfaces and mosaics via 38 case studies that illustrated specific issues: from the survey to the representation of the surfaces, from the mapping of decay to the analysis of colour, from the treatment of the gaps to the virtual reconstruction, as well as the diagnostic analyses of the surfaces. This second volume illustrates all the applications that can be used for virtual pictorial restoration in a single context of study, the rock-cut rock church of Lama d’Antico near Fasano, the results of which have made it possible to perform a new and complete iconographic reading of all the frescoes still conserved, thanks precisely to virtual restoration.

While many papers in this volume and in other recent architectural publications have been enhanced by digitally generated imagery, architectural historians have not often considered explicitly the impact of the increasing reliance on digital methods for the recording, analysis, and publication of antiquity. The relative silence in the literature does not yet reflect the many lively conversations taking place among researchers who have experimented with and adopted a range of methods. Some tools for spatial analysis such as GIS have become standards in the field, whereas imaging techniques like Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI) show great potential in a variety of applications. Architectural historians and preservationists have been leading innovators with CAD modeling of heritage sites, and the interest and potential for 3D at the site has been renewed lately with the arrival of new software and improved hardware. The present contribution concerns the studies conducted by the University of New York on the Acropolis of Selinunte and in particular the study of architecture in the central area, between the temple C, the temple b and the Temple R

In 2019, in the framework of the Soknopaiou Nesos Project (University of the Salento, Lecce, Italy), two research teams began a multidisciplinary survey atDime es-Seba. One team conducted a 3D survey with a view to generating a digital model of the entire site using Camera Scanner-based techniques while the other undertook a survey in order to obtain knowledge of the spatial and chronological development of the settlement. The survey aims to create a Topographical Atlas which will support the acquisition of evidence for addressing specific archaeological problems concerning the city. The project will also contribute to the protection, conservation and monitoring of the site.

· Topographic Atlas of Soknopaiou Nesos : 3D Survey of the town. Methodologies of data acquisition and detection systems for the archaeological documentation (Season 2019) · The article concerns the topography research project of the city of Soknopaiou Nesos in Fayyum. In particular, the goal of the project is the realization of a digital knowledge and conservation plan of the entire archaeological the site using innovative digital survey techniques and then the creation of a topographic atlas necessary for the realization of a ceramic intrasite survey of the site. In particular, this article illustrates the methodologies adopted for the 3D survey and the results achieved in the 2019 excavation campaign.

The development of IT technologies over the last two decades has led to the emergence of new disciplines characterized by the use of hard science research methodologies alongside the traditional humanistic mining practices: the Virtual Restoration.

This new volume in the series dedicated to Hierapolis presents the results of an ambitious project concerning the 3D reconstructions of its main monuments and the virtual restoration of the artefacts and pictorial and mosaic decorations, present above all in the houses of the city’s aristocracy. Some of these items have already been described in previous publications, but in this volume, together with hitherto unseen images, they are part of the Virtual Tour of the city, which can also be experienced via on-line and off-line platforms, choosing from three different visitor itineraries. As well as the specific need to study the ancient architecture by means of 3D virtual reconstructions, the creation of the Virtual Tour of Hierapolis provides an answer to the questions posed by the rising number of tourists, which now exceeds two million a year, placing the city, together with Ephesus, among the most popular archaeological sites in Turkey. These reconstructions proved to be highly effective communication tools, enabling the viewing public to understand the appearance of the ancient buildings. Some of these virtual reconstructions were published in 2009 in the leaflet on Virtual Hierapolis, distributed to scholars and visitors. M. Limoncelli was a constant presence in the MAIER in those years, but it was only during his Research Doctorate at the Sacro Cuore Catholic University in Milan, in the years 2013-2016, that his Project was systematically fulfilled.

Virtual archeology, expression of Virtual Cultural Heritage5, has seen the definition of its guidelines already in the early nineties; and indicates a research field that deals with the reconstruction of past landscapes through three-dimensional models and multimedia solutions. It allows you to collect, catalog and make available to all the information acquired by work of archaeologists transforming them into digital knowledge and spreading them to an increasing number of people according to different levels of knowledge

Inside the Italian Archaeological Mission in Hierapolis of Phrygia activities it has been developed an ambitious plan to return the image of the Hellenistic-Roman and Byzantine city called ‘Virtual Hierapolis’, aimed at the restoration and virtual three-dimensional reconstruction of the monumental complex object investigation by the various research teams. The project, coordinated by Francesco D’Andria, is led by the writer in the Laboratory of Applied Archaeology, University of Salento and benefits from the collaboration of archaeologists, architects and restorers operating in each of the Mission’s research units, belonging the IBAM-CNR himself and a number of universities, both Italian and foreign, who, through their research, have contributed to the project by providing all the scientific data required for the construction of the models and the compilation of virtual restoration hypotheses. The goal of the project is the study of the urban topography transformations of Hierapolis in Phrygia, with the aim of restoring the image of the Hellenistic-Roman and Byzantine city through the analysis and reconstruction of individual diachronic monuments both within the urban perimeter, today defined by walls built after the earthquake of the mid-fourth century. A.D., both in the immediate vicinity of the city.

Atlas of Soknopaiou Nesos: project of knowledge and digital preservation. The article concerns the topography research project of the city of Soknopaiou Nesos in Fayyum. In particular, the goal of the project is the realization of a digital knowledge and conservation plan of the entire archaeological site using innovative digital survey techniques and then the creation of a topographic atlas necessary for the realization of a ceramic intrasite survey of the site.

Le attività di ricerca presentate in questo contributo sono state essenzialmente finalizzate al rilievo delle facciate delle due tombe presso la necropoli dell’Acqualta e alla documentazione della porzione ovest del frontone della Tomba occidentale (sinistra), conservato al Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Firenze1275. Tali rilievi, effettuati con tecniche indirette, sono stati realizzati, oltre che come basi documentali per lo studio dei due monumenti, anche in funzione della creazione di modelli tridimensionali, che sono stati utilizzati, in particolare, per lo studio ricostruttivo e il restauro virtuale delle facciate rupestri; quest’ultimo si è basato sia sul prospetto bidimensionale che sul rilievo tridimensionale, il quale ha consentito la realizzazione di ipotesi di anastilosi virtuale degli elementi architettonici non in posto della Tomba occidentale (sinistra), ovvero il grande frammento di fregio dorico oggi collocato presso il dromos della camera funeraria e la già ricordata grande porzione del frontone conservata a Firenze. In quest’ottica, il rilievo e la modellazione tridimensionale hanno avuto anche la finalità di contribuire alla documentazione delle raffigurazioni a bassorilievo presenti sulle facciate rupestri, in generale scarsamente conservate (come nel caso dei fregi) o difficilmente raggiungibili (come nel caso dei frontoni), anche con lo scopo di arrivare a proporre una ricostruzione tridimensionale del complesso architettonico.

The contribution concerns the multidisciplinary research conducted on the North Theatre of Hierapolis in Phrygia (south-western Turkey), built in the 2nd cent. AD and collapsed because of an earthquake in the third quarter of the 4th cent. AD. A systematic analysis and topographical survey of the remains of the Theatre were performed, and plan of the building was integrated into the digital archaeological map of the city. These data were combined with those from the geological study of the site (characterized by landslides) and from the geophysical prospecting (magnetometry and GPR) carried out in the area of the scaena and in the space between the Theatre and the North Agora. The integration with the data acquired during field works conducted also along the Early-Byzantine city walls (where numerous marble and travertine seats of the Theatre were re-used) allowed the virtual reconstruction of the monument into the original shape of the site by means of 3D photomodelling techniques.

Il presente contributo rientra nell’ambito di in una più vasta linea di ricerca denominata “Progetto Hierapolis Virtuale”, sviluppata a partire dal 2007 e finalizzata alla ricostruzione tridimensionale degli edifici della città. A differenza di altre ricerche condotte sui monumenti di Hierapolis, l’attuale studio riguarda solamente una singola fase edilizia dell’insula, relativa alla grande stagione monumentale di età protobizantina riferibile a un periodo posto tra il VI e la prima metà del VII secolo. Tale scelta è stata dettata unicamente dalla quantità e dalla qualità dei dati archeologici utili ad uno studio ricostruttivo il più possibile scientifico per contribuire ad una maggiore conoscenza dell’insula in questa determinata fase edilizia. Rimangono ancora aperte, infatti, alcune questioni relative all’articolazione e all’uso dello spazio residenziale nella precedente età imperiale e quella di età mediobizantina, successiva al terremoto di VII secolo. This contribution is part of an more extensive research called "Virtual Hierapolis Project", developed since 2007 and aimed at three-dimensional reconstruction of city buildings. Unlike other research conducted on the monuments of Hierapolis, the current study concerns only a single building phase of the relative insula to the great monumental season of the Proto-Byzantine period between the VI and the first half of the 7th century. This choice was suggested by the archaeological data useful for a reconstructive and scientific study to contribute to a greater knowledge of the insula in this particular building phase. Still remains open, in fact, some questions relating to the articulation and use of the residential space in the previous imperial age and that of the Middle Byzantine age, following the 7th century earthquake.

The contribution concerns the study of the construction phases of the church of Santa Marina in Muro Leccese (LE) realized through the stratigraphic reading of the masonry that has allowed, later, to be able to carry out the reconstructive study of the building through a digital model.

Reconstructive studies are not just about producing reconstructions of buildings but also represent a fully-fledged method of research in their own right, using the inter- and multidisciplinary techniques associated with Virtual Reality as a means of producing information. Particularly significant in this regard are applications designed to reconstruct the visual perception of space. In Hierapolis these analyses were performed in the area of the Sanctuary of Apollo, the only place in the city that lends itself to this type of study in that it consists of a large and clearly marked space that has been thoroughly investigated.

The contribution concerns the methodology for the reconstructive study of ancient monuments with particular reference to the concept of Virtual Anastylosis. This contribution illustrates the work carried out within the project of the exhibition "Living in Selinunte, from the origins to the Middle Ages", with particular reference to the virtual reconstruction of the North Gate and the FF1 block.

Nell’ambito delle attività della Missione Archeologica Italiana a Hierapolis di Frigia è stato sviluppato un ambizioso progetto di restituzione dell’immagine della città ellenistico-romana e bizantina denominato ‘Hierapolis Virtuale’, finalizzato al restauro virtuale e alla ricostruzione tridimensionale dei complessi monumentali oggetto di indagine da parte dei vari team di ricerca. Il progetto nasce nel 2007 e prende spunto da alcuni lavori eseguiti dal Laboratorio di Informatica Applicata ai Beni Archeologici e Monumentali dell’IBAM-CNR di Lecce negli anni precedenti, quali lo studio ricostruttivo del Ninfeo dei Tritoni, realizzato nel 2004 (rielaborato ed aggiornato nel 2010) e le scansioni laser di parte dei rilievi del Teatro conservati nel locale Museo Archeologico, effettuate nel 20052. Il progetto, coordinato da Francesco D’Andria, è condotto da chi scrive presso il Laboratorio di Informatica Applicata all’Archeologia dell’Università dal Salento e si avvale della collaborazione di archeologi, architetti e restauratori operanti nelle singole unità di ricerca della Missione, appartenenti allo stesso IBAM-CNR e a varie Università, sia italiane che straniere, che, con le loro ricerche, hanno fornito tutti i dati scientifici necessari alla costruzione dei modelli e all’elaborazione delle ipotesi di restauro virtuale. As part of the activities of the Italian Archaeological Mission at Hierapolis in Phrygia was developed an ambitious project to restore the image of the Hellenistic-Roman city and Byzantine church called "Virtual Hierapolis", aimed at virtual restoration and reconstruction three-dimensional of the monumental complexes under investigation by the various research teams.

Il contributo illustra la recente attività di ricerca realizzata in collaborazione con le Cattedra di Storia dell’Arte Medievale dell’Università del Salento (Prof. Marina Falla Castelfranchi) e dell’Università di Bari (Prof. Gioia Bertelli). The contribution illustrates the recent activity of research carried out in collaboration with the Chair of History of Art Medieval University del Salento (Prof. Marina Falla Castelfranchi) e of the University of Bari (Prof. Gioia Bertelli).

This work illustrates the first results of the Project of Virtual Archaeology which is now developed by a team of topographer from Salento University (Lecce) together with the équipe of Archaeological Mission of Centro di Studi Papirologici at Soknopaiou Nesos (Fayyum, Egypt). Article also focuses on the main aims of this project : a topographical survey and virtual reconstruction of monuments, digital analysis of data, representation of urban and suburban landscape and their evolution, achievement of a special platform for using the data both on-line and off-line. Keywords : Virtual Archaeology, Soknopaiou Nesos, Archaeological Mission.

The contribution concerns the reconstructive study of the necropolis of Sant'Angelo Vecchio in Metaponto

The essay concerns the recent work carried out as part of a multidisciplinary research on some rocky churches in the southern Apulia, conducted in collaboration with the Chair of History of Medieval Art of the University of Salento and of the University of Bari. The work aims at the knowledge and the monitoring of the fresco paintings inside three rocky environments, two of which are located in Lama d’Antico, in Fasano (BR), and the other two in Vaste di Poggiardo and Giurdignano (LE). The contribution illustrates methods and data acquired during the fieldwork, carried out through a multidisciplinary approach. From the image-based Techniques for the survey in Camera-Scanner to the restitution of 3D models of the surfaces; from the virtual survey of paintings to the realization of a stereoscopic platform of fruition QVTR-based aimed at the visualization and the enhancement of the Apulian rocky heritage. All data were obtained through low cost technologies and processed in relatively short times, about two months, divided between fieldwork and processing in laboratory.

The contribution concerns the reconstructive study of the Farmhouseat Ponte Fabrizio in the Chora of Metaponto (MT), conducted as part of the research activities conducted by the University of Texas

The Virtual Archaeology and Restoration Project emerged from the activities conducted since 1957 by the Italian Archaeological Mission in Hierapolis (MAIER). Its aim is the study of the transformations of the urban topography as part of a specific line of research called "Virtual Hierapolis". The contribution illustrated the state of the art of the research project of the years 2007-2010.

The contribution concerns the reconstructive study and the digital survey of the South Bridge of Hierapolis of Phrygia (Turkey), work performed by the National Research Council (CNR-IBAM of Lecce)

Il contributo riguarda lo studio ricostruttivo della Casa 1 in località Monte Sant'Angelo a Licata realizzato nell'ambito delle attività di ricerca condotte dall'Università di Messina. In particolare, il lavoro ha riguardato la ricostruzione virtuale degli stucchi decorati rinvenuti durante gli scavi archeologici. The contribution concerns the reconstructive study of the Casa 1 in the locality of Monte Sant'Angelo in Licata, carried out as part of the research activities conducted by the University of Messina. In particular, the work concerned the virtual reconstruction of decorated stuccos found during archaeological excavations.

The paper deals with the reconstructive study of the late-ancient farm in San Biagio a Metaponto conducted as part of the research activities of the Institute of Classical Archeology of the University of Texas

Il Santuario di San Michele a Monte Sant’Angelo (FG) costituisce uno dei più importanti e antichi luoghi della cristianità occidentale. La sede del culto riservato all’Angelo è posta all’interno di una Caverna situata a metà del fianco settentrionale del rilievo montuoso sul cui pianoro si estende il centro abitato. Il contributo riguarda lo studio architettonico, dal rilievo alla lettura stratigrafica muraria fino alla ricostruzione virtuale, del monumento di età longobarda The Sanctuary of San Michele in Monte Sant’Angelo (FG) is one of the most important and ancient places of Western Christianity. The seat of the cult reserved for the Angel is placed inside a Cave located in the middle of the northern side of the mountainous relief on whose plateau the inhabited center extends. The contribution concerns the architectural study, from the relief to the stratigraphic wall reading up to the virtual reconstruction, of the Longobard monument

Il santuario di San Michele a Monte Sant'Angelo (FG) costituisce uno dei iù impirtanti luoghi di culto dell'Occidente cristiano fino all'età altomedievale. In ragione della sua plurisecolare storia esso rappresenta un complesso architettonico estremamente articolato e frutto di una stratificazione ininterrotta dalle origini fino all'inizio del nuovo millennio. Il nerbo del complesso è costituito da una grotta collocata a mezzacosta sul versante settentrionale del rilievo montuoso. Il contributo vuole illustrare la ricostruzione delle fasi di vita del Santuario tra VII e X secolo.

Il contributo sintetizza le attività di ricerca condotte sul teatro Scolacium concentrandosi in particolare sul rilievo nello scanner laser e sull'ipotesi di ricostruzione virtuale dell'edificio The contribution summarizes the research activities conducted on the Scolacium theater focusing in particular on the survey in laser scanner and on the hypothesis of virtual reconstruction of the building

Il Teatro Nord e la cinta muraria proto-bizantina di Hierapolis di Frigia (Pamukkale, Denizli, Turchia sud-occidentale) sono stati a lungo trascurati dalle attività di ricerca della Missione Archeologica Italiana, concentrata su monumenti meglio conservati e con un apparato architettonico e scultoreo più rilevante. Solo dal 2008 essi sono stati oggetto di indagini sistematiche da parte dei ricercatori del Laboratorio di Topografia Antica, Archeologia e Telerilevamento dell'Istituto per i Beni Archeologici e Monumentali del CNR (Lecce). Lo studio di dettaglio dei resti conservati, realizzato integrando rilievo topografico, prospezioni geofisiche ed indagini geologiche, ha permesso di definirne la cronologia e l'articolazione planimetrica, fino a giungere alla proposta di ricostruzioni 2D e 3D. The North Theater and the Proto-Byzantine city walls of Hierapolis of Phrygia (Pamukkale, Denizli, south-western Turkey) have long been neglected by the research activities of the Italian Archaeological Mission, focused on monuments best preserved and with an architectural and sculptural apparatus most relevant. Only since 2008 have they been the subject of systematic investigations by researchers at the Laboratory of Ancient Topography, Archeology and Remote Sensing of the Institute for Archaeological and Monumental Heritage of the CNR (Lecce). The detailed study of the preserved remains, carried out by integrating topographical relief, geophysical surveys and geological surveys, has allowed us to define the chronology and the planimetric articulation, up to the proposal of 2D and 3D reconstructions.

The Nymphaeum of the Tritons at Hierapolis of Phrygia is a monumental fountain of the Roman period with an imposing marble façade. Within the activities of the Italian Archaeological Mission the Nymphaeum is currently being studied by a team from the University of Messina with the goal of understanding its original layout and its history. The starting point of the study is the wealth of data provided by stratigraphic excavation of the building, particularly by the extensive archaeological deposits formed by the blocks of the façade collapsed into the pool of the fountain following an earthquake in the 7th century AD. The need to process a large amount of data required the creation of a computer database linked to a GIS platform. This permitted the integrated management of various types of information regarding individual architectural elements, their stratigraphic position, their function and position in the facade, and the way in which archaeological deposits were formed. The results so far achieved regard two main aspects: the development of a digital reconstruction of the Nymphaeum and a hypothesis for the dynamics of the building’s collapse and the nature and intensity of the earthquake that caused it. Fundamental support has been provided at the various stages of work by the creation of a 3D digital model of the building, which was conceived as an investigative tool throughout all the phases of the work in progress. Thanks to their versatility and reversibility 3D modelling techniques represented a tool for monitoring and testing the reconstruction hypotheses as they were formulated, enabling us to effectively view how reliable the proposed reconstructions were, and any errors. Particular emphasis is thus given to the importance of using 3D reconstruction models as an integral and necessary part of the various stages in the process of analysing and documenting an ancient building.

The development of information technology in the past two decades has led to the arising of new disciplines charachterized by the joining of methods and techniques typical of hard sciences with those peculiar to humanities; particularly in the fields of archaeology and architecture this synthesis represents an updating of traditional studies relating to ancient buildings, thus introducing innovations in the traditional research methods. Virtual Restoration is just one of these new disciplines: this expression identifies integrated procedures of Computer Graphic, both two-dimensional and three-dimensional, aimed at the restoration of artistic, archaeological or architectural assets in their complete or nearly complete integrity. Virtual Restoration represents a good tool for archaeologists, restorers and art historians. Actually, many artistic assets can’t be restorated because of a lack of appropriate technical solutions; because of previous bad restoration interventions; because of lack of an accurate documentation which allows to understand how an artistic asset can be rebuilt; because of the impossibility of a physical restoration intervention. With the help of digital techniques it is now possible to get great possibilities of intervention in creating restoring projects for paintings, mosaics but also for architectural works and three-dimensional objects. Through digital processing carried out with computer graphic programs you can get virtual reconstructions both on video or in print. Virtual Restoration is finding today a place also in university research centers

Virtual Reality applications, such as 3D modelling for exemple, has lately joined research, first with popular teaching role by realizing ideal reconstructions of monuments, cities, landscapes and so on, and only quite recently with the aim of increasing knowledge. Computer Graphics integrated methodologies represent, particularly in archaeology, architecture and field drawing, an update of traditional studies on ancient monuments.

The contribution illustrates the study conducted on some rocky churches of the Apulian territory aimed at the knowledge, monitoring and enhancement of the Cave-Heritage through the most modern digital technologies applied to the field of cultural heritage

Since 2004 the Theatre at Hierapolis in Phrygia has been the centre of a new research programme, led by Prof. Dr. Francesco D’Andria of Università del Salento, that incorporates architectural study, restorations and the monument’s presentation to the public. The programme has been conducted by the architectural historians from Politecnico di Torino and experts in 3D modelling and graphical restoration from IBAMLecce.

The restoration of the frescoes. Virtual restoration supplies conventional methods and techniques of restoration, including a number of integrated methodologies of computer graphics, both 2D an 3D, with the aim of rendering an artistic monument into its full or nearly integrity.

Lo studio e la ricostruzione degli apparati decorativi della Casa 1 dell’abitato ellenistico di Finziade costituiscono parte di un contesto di ricerca più ampio, legato al progetto di scavo e valorizzazione dell’area archeologica del Monte S. Angelo di Licata (AG). Indagini di tipo estensivo hanno porta-to, tra il 2003 e il 2005, alla scoperta di un intero quartiere residenziale dicui sono state scavate 7 case, distribuite all’interno di tre isolati, pertinenti alla medesima fase di monumentalizzazione. Le tre insulae insistono su un sistema di due strade, la plateia A che corre in direzione E-O e la stra-da 1 dall’andamento N-S. Al di sotto della plateia A, nella parte occidentale dell’area di scavo, si trovano le case 1-2-3, disposte una di fianco all’altra in senso nord-sud, con ingressi ad est sulla strada 1 2. Lo scavo stratigrafico ha consentito di datare in un arco cronologico ri-stretto, tra il III e il I sec. a.C., la frequentazione di tali abitazioni. . È stata individuata, infatti, una prima occupazione dell’area caratterizzata dal-la presenza di alcuni ambienti che, assecondando la morfologia del monte,seguono un andamento curvilineo e cui si associano materiali collocabili nel corso di tutto il III sec. a.C. Tali strutture costituiscono il terminus post quem per l’edificazione del nuovo impianto urbano regolare della città che si sovrappone ad essi e associa Finziade agli altri centri della Sicilia ellenistica organizzati con scenografici isolati, disposti su terrazzamenti, come nel caso di Tindari e Solunto. . L’imponente ristrutturazione dell’abitato, che ha obliterato i livelli di occupazione precedente, potrebbe essere collocata, anche sulla base degli eventi storici, negli anni immediatamente successivi alla seconda guerra punica. The study and reconstruction of the decorative apparatuses of the Casa 1 of the Hellenistic town of Finziade form part of a broader research context, linked to the excavation project and enhancement of the archaeological area of ​​Monte S. Angelo di Licata (AG). Extensive surveys led, between 2003 and 2005, to the discovery of an entire residential neighborhood, seven houses were excavated, distributed within three blocks, pertinent to the same phase of monumentalization. The three insulae insist on a system of two roads, the plateia A which runs in the direction of E-O and the road 1 from the course N-S. Below the plateia A, in the western part of the excavation area, there are the houses 1-2-3, placed one beside the other in a north-south direction, with entrances to the east on the road 1 2.

The Temple of Seppannibale originally known as the church of San Pietro lo Petraro is located in Fasano and is a quadrangular building with three internal naves, with two small domes arranged in axis. Inside there are remains of frescoes from the Benevento school showing scenes showing some figures (perhaps Prophets) and scenes from the book of the Apocalypse. In the nineties, Gioia Bertelli, professor of archeology at the Department of Classical and Christian Studies of the University of Bari, was responsible for the archaeological investigations of the religious building and the settlement related to it. As part of this research, this preliminary contribution is part of the architectural study of the church

Il contributo concerne lo studio ricostruttivo della chiesa paleocristiana nella seconda fase di vita dell'edificio. L'ipotesi ricostruttiva, e il modello 3D, si è basata sullo studio delle fonti dirette: rilievo, dati di scavo archeologico e lettura stratigrafica degli elevati. The contribution concerns the reconstructive study of the early Christian church in the second phase of the building's life. The reconstructive hypothesis, and the 3D model, was based on the study of direct sources: survey, archaeological excavation data and stratigraphic reading of the elevations.

Nell'ambito delle attività della Missione Archeologica a Hierapolis di Frigia (MAIER) è stata sviluppata una linea di ricerca finalizzata al restauro virtuale e alla ricostruzione tridimensionale di alcuni edifici della città che sono stati oggetto di indagine archeologica. Il presente contributo illustra i risultati ottenuti su alcuni edifici di ordine dorico: Stoà di Marmo, Latrina, le botteghe lungo la via di Frontino e la Porta di Frontino. As part of the activities of the Archaeological Mission in Hierapolis of Phrygia (MAIER), a line of research has been developed aimed at the virtual restoration and three-dimensional reconstruction of some buildings in the city that have been the subject of archaeological investigation. This contribution illustrates the results obtained on some Doric buildings: Stoà di Marmo, Latrina, the shops along Via di Frontino and Porta di Frontino.

Il contributo riguarda lo studio architettonico della chiesa attraverso un percorso metodologico che parte del rilievo architettonico e dalla lettura stratigrafica degli elevati fino all'ipotesi di ricostruzione virtuale dell'edificio The contribution concerns the architectural study of the church through a methodological path that is part of the architectural survey and from the stratigraphic reading of the elevated to the hypothesis of virtual reconstruction of the building