Giorgio Verdiani

Biographic Data

ID363611
NAMEGiorgio Verdiani
GIVEN NAMESGiorgio
FAMILY NAMEVerdiani
SIGNATUREVERDIANI G
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Florence
ORCID0000-0002-0478-6472
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS2
WORKS AS AUTHOR6
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2015
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX1

  • Priene, a Monumental Disaster in the Aegean

    Open AccessElisabetta Caterina Giovannini, Giorgio Verdiani et al.ARTICLEHeritage2024References: 3

    This paper uses digital approaches to investigate Priene’s (Turkey) archaeological area. The city was built ex novo, after a catastrophic earthquake around 350 BC, on a new site facing the Mediterranean Sea. The city suffered a slow decline following centuries of development and was abandoned after the 12th century. The remains of Priene were discovered in the 17th century, and different excavations and studies have been conducted in the last few…

  • Fantastic Marine Creatures From the Late Renaissance

    Open AccessGiorgio Verdiani, Paolo Formaglini et al.ARTICLEShima2022

    In the 1550s Florence's water supply was upgraded through the construction of a new aqueduct. Prior to that, water needs were supported by the remnants of a Roman aqueduct and by wells and cisterns. The new infrastructure increased the amount of available water and allowed for the construction of fountains in the city's main squares, with themes principally derived from Greek and Roman mythologies. In 1641 the twin Mostri Marini ('Marine Monsters…

  • Modelling the last of the “Movies”

    Open AccessPablo Rodríguez Navarro, Eliott Wragg et al.ARTICLEVirtual Archaeology Review2021

    The research presented here puts together different direct and/or physical operations all aimed to enhance the knowledge and produce advanced dissemination of the very last ship from the “Mosquitos’ Fleet” which operated during the World War I and in some operations even during the World War II. The exploration of the valuable remains along the Thames River in London, the intervention with archaeology strategy, the use of digital survey procedure…

  • The Mausoleum of Giuseppe Tonietti on the Elba Island. From a masterpiece of Adolofo Coppedè to a compromising state of decay.

    Open AccessAngela Mancuso, Andrea Pasquali et al.ARTICLEStudies in Digital Heritage2017

    The study shows the results of the digital and photographic surveys operated on an architectural work of great importance: it is the Mausoleum for Tonietti family, by Adolfo Coppedè, built on the Elba Island in Tuscany-Italy at the beginning of the 20th century. The current alarming conditions of the building invite to make some reflections on the unpleasant but common fate of many architectures of the Liberty and Eclectic period in Italy. With t…

  • Destroyed Places and Ancient Wars. Digital Tools for the Montecastrese Fortress

    Open AccessGiorgio Verdiani, Martina Carrara et al.ARTICLEStudies in Digital Heritage2017

    In the XX century, after being forgotten for centuries, a series of archaeological excavations have brought to light the settlement, named “Montecastrese”, a system of Medieval fortifications organized on the top of a hill near the town of Camaiore, on the Tirreno sea. The archaeologists brought back to light the traces of the fortress and of the village, exploring the monumental ruins of the northern tower, still in place and tumbled down in two…

  • Bringing Impossible Places to the Public

    Open AccessGiorgio VerdianiARTICLEOpen Archaeology2015Cited by: 2

    The churches of St. Eustache, the Meryemana and St. Daniel are located in the Göreme area in Kapadokya, Turkey. Each of the three structures is composed of a main church with a refuge system. Nowadays these churches have limited access: they cannot be visited by a common tourist. Thus, they are a meaningful sample of rupestrian architecture, containing important mural paintings and suggestive spaces. Using digital survey techniques, 3D modelling …