Studies for Preservation and Enhancement of Cultural Heritage and Landscape of Tivoli

The paper describes the scientific initiative to enhance the cultural heritage and the landscape of Tivoli, an ancient city of Latium belonging to Area Metropolitana di Roma, in order to create an environment suitable for the best quality of city life and for the protection of its monuments. To this end the urban structure of Tivoli and its historic buildings were analyzed. Studies explore the potential of traditional building materials and methods used in the vernacular habitat and produce "organized forms of knowledge" useful for supporting both the new urban and building transformation initiatives, and the future government activities in the city. Historical knowledge of the site is organized in a structured set: the data relating to the documentation of historical transformation processes of urban texture and of architectural and archaeological monuments are collected in a digital information management system (GIS).