An American company studies the booties of Siena – Chronicle
Everything is ready. The gate leading to the Fontanella booty opens. It is 9:00 am Some technicians with protective helmets and video cameras enter. It will be discovered later that it is used for a reproduction of the ‘belly’ of Siena. This study is the result of a larger project that will concern the most beautiful underground heritage of the …
Everything is ready. The gate leading to the Fontanella booty opens. It is 9:00 am Some technicians with protective helmets and video cameras enter. It will be discovered later that it is used for a reproduction of the ‘belly’ of Siena. This study is the offshoot of a larger project that will concern the most beautiful underground heritage of the city, which in the period of Covid it was impossible to access for the usual guided tours.
The expert who leads the small expedition speaks American. Waiting for him at the top of the steps is the young interpreter. The inspection lasts a long time, until late morning the study group dealt with inside the booty of Fontanella, perhaps less known but particularly ancient, so much so that some trace it back to the Etruscans. As for the source next to the entrance, it certainly dates back to before 1263. As explained by the guides, it has an autonomous booty which is not connected to the main network, with a gabled vault.
To carry out the surveys and documentation, explains Palazzo Pubblico, fundamental for carrying out the digitization of the maps of the bottini is an American company, Global Digital Heritage, in agreement with the Superintendency. It is the latter, in fact, that asked the Municipality to lodge available to allow the delicate and important operation to be carried out. And therefore have a vision thanks to the help of the laser scanner. Yesterday the technicians, who also made use of a volunteer from La Diana, concentrated on Fontanella, the day before they were instead in the booty of Fontenuova. And it is not excluded, explains Palazzo Pubblico, that they could return for a new campaign on monumental sources.
Laura Valdesi
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