Nuove tecnologie per conoscere e valorizzare il Patrimonio: “itinerari culturali” nella città di Ascoli Piceno

The research investigates the use of new technologies for the documentation, analysis, cataloguing of tangible and intangible heritage within the historical urban landscape. The main objective is the implementation of knowledge for safeguarding the Heritage in a perspective of sustainable development based on the understanding and increas-ingly wide use of the cultural values of a territory. Within this frame, the contribution presents the case study of Ascoli Piceno, characterized by a rich and widespread architectural-cultural heritage, testimony of history and expe-riences and unique resource of memory. The heritage of Ascoli Piceno has been treated through information man-agement tools in the GIS environment, proposing a new digital model to be applied to build thematic layers of knowledge/enhancement of historical-artistic stratifications. All the information is organized in a georeferenced da-tabase, then structured in itineraries, easily accessible according to the interests of the users. This approach allows to analyze and manage a lot of information, putting in synergy technologies, data and urban space.