What is Architectural Heritage Values

The UNESCO 1972 World Heritage Convention, indicates as cultural heritage monuments, group of buildings and sites, outstanding universal value from the point of view of history, art or science. In the modern theory of restoration are identified as values of cultural heritage historical values and aesthetic values. The purpose of the restoration is that of heritage values maintaining (to give them to future generations); therefore necessarily the first act of a restoration consists in the recognition of the values. The values, and in particular the historical values, can be recognized in any historic building; evaluation of the quality of historical and aesthetic values is referred to a critical act of the scholar.

The Representation of Architectural Heritage in the Digital Age

Stefano Brusaporci (L'Aquila University, Italy)