Sperlonga And The Riviera Of Ulysses – Enhancement Of The Sperlonga Archaeological Museum And Villa Di Tiberio – Sperlonga

Location: Italy, Lazio, Sperlonga (Latina)
Committee: FILAS – Lazio Financial Development
Financing: public
Inauguration Date: 2012
Description: expansion of the cultural archaeological museum of Sperlonga and the archaeological area of Villa Tiberio

Intervention Objective:
The project involved the design and implementation of an integrated system of services and works aimed at improving the quality of culture of the site by exploiting the potential of innovative multimedia technologies.
The project was promoted by the regional company FILAS dedicated to supporting the processes of development and innovation of the entrepreneurial fabric of the territory with the objective of revitalizing all sectors of the economy segment of the Cultural Heritage and Tourism connected to it through the use of innovative technologies.
His early actions for implementation are brought together under the brand Lazio Futouring, an integrated system of 10 pilot projects for the valorization of the cultural heritage of Lazio.
The project SPERLONGA AND THE RIVIERA OF ULYSSES articulated a set of interventions and supplies that involved Syremont s.p.a, Officine Rambaldi s.r.l. and Institute for Technologies Applied to Cultural Heritage ITABC of the National Research Centre CNR – a group made up of specialists from multidisciplinary fields that has worked for the realization of the project.
The fields of application of the project required the involvement of expert computer multimedia technologies (laser scanning, multimedia applications for consultations) programers for integration of different management platforms, designers and companies specializing in works and installations for buildings subjected to historical artistic and naturalistic areas subject to landscape – the practitioners of cinematic representation and technologies for artistic outdoor performances of sound and light, scholars and researchers for the production of cultural content then articulated for its different applications.

Syremont’s Activities:

functionalization of access to the museum by construction operations aimed at improving accessibility and ensuring the safety of the streets of hexose, facilitate the aggregation of groups of visitors (new entrance and paved area outside) ;
provision of furnishings for outdoor rest areas;
routine maintenance on the facades and roofs;
insertion of sections of walkways to simplify the use of the archaeological area;
hydraulic interventions to ensure the water level of the ancient fishponds;
electrical and data service in the archaeological area aimed at creating a show of sound and light;
irrigation system;
outdoor media for the view of the archaeological area;
provision of technology for the management of the ticket office ;
provision of illuminated flagpoles and flags in the entrance area;
Multimedia applications: iPhone app aims to identify areas of cultural, natural or archeological value of the Riviera of Ulysses grouped into themes and itineraries shown as paths on the map – QR code to further study the themes of the visit – digital signage host: a multimedia kiosk placed outdoors, near the entrance, offers the up-to-date information on events organized as part of the cultural offer of the Sperlonga Archaeological Museum – updates are managed by the staff of the Museum – interactive indoor projection: images projected on the wall entertain visitors with an interactive game for a sneak preview of the cultural offerings of the Museum.

Officina Rambaldi’s Activities:

Original videos and Hall of the Impossible Museum: the room was equipped for the screening of a video which recalls the events linked to the sculptural findings of 1956 and tells the story of Sperlonga, of Roman villas, the historic Flacca. The space also offers multimedia workstations to explore “virtual rooms” full of information, videos, objects and artefacts of art, not physically present in the museum but important elements of a process of cultural enrichment.
Sound and light show at the Grotto of Tiberius: the “Grotta di Tiberio” is the stage of a show set in the picturesque setting of the Riviera of Ulysses and the mythical “cavern” of the Emperor, the original home of the large groups of sculptures called the Odyssey of Marble. The cave serves as a backdrop from which a play of lights and projections accompanied by stories materialize on a curtain of water, including music and three-dimensional reconstructions recalling the lost glories of the place.

CNR’s Activities: