Challenges and Multidisciplinary Approaches for Cultural Heritage Information Management

The Marquis’s Palace of Botrugno Case Study in Southern Italy

Bibliographic Data

ID23312302
AuthorsMattia Mangia (0000-0001-7479-1464, University of Salento, corresponding author), Carla di Biccari (0000-0002-6659-2171, University of Salento), Daniela Fico (0000-0003-2728-3306, University of Salento, corresponding author), Daniela Rizzo (0009-0002-9005-5656, University of Salento), Carola Esposito Corcione (0000-0002-3056-1162, University of Salento)
Year2026
Volume9
Issue7
Pages282
Publication date2026-07-17
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueHeritage (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2571-9408 • E-ISSN: 2571-9408
PublisherMDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT)
DOI10.3390/heritage9070282
OpenAlexW7169733613
LanguageEN
References cited65

Cultural Heritage (CH) is becoming increasingly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, aging, and environmental decay, necessitating advanced preventive conservation strategies. This study presents the results of the SPIDER project, focused on Marquis’s Palace in Botrugno, a small but representative case study in Southern Italy of a municipality overwhelmed with the management of valuable CH sites. The approach integrates multi-sensor surveys, subsurface diagnostics, HBIM modeling, and IoT microclimatic monitoring into a lightweight information model designed for operational flexibility. In addition to that, the possibility of producing new, eco-friendly filaments for Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF) printing from industrial stone dust waste was explored through a preliminary morphological, structural, and chemical–physical investigation of the stone material historically used in construction, with the aim of identifying materials similar to the original using a simplified, low-cost process. The findings highlight that economic and social factors such as limited resources and the “digital divide” hinder effective technology transfer. Consequently, this study investigates whether a “lightweight” Asset Information Model (AIM) can provide a more sustainable alternative to complex Digital Twins for small municipalities and other public bodies. For this reason, this research proposes a scalable, wide but basic framework of information management tools and methods aimed at enhancing territorial capacity building, fostering technology integration and social inclusion, and valorizing multidisciplinary approaches to address the challenges affecting CH.

Asset (computer security) · Cultural heritage · Industrial heritage · Information system · Information technology · Multidisciplinary approach · Resource (disambiguation) · Tourism · 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage · Building materials and conservation · Innovations in Concrete and Construction Materials

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