Preventive conservation implies, amongst many other aspects, the characterization of the atmospheric environment around monuments or cultural heritage (CH) items, with the intention to improve the conditions and to contribute to the preservation. We have, over the last two decades, intensively used various forms of X-ray spectrometry and automated electron probe X-ray microanalysis, always toge...

Since cultural monuments and/or heritage sites, depending on the degree of their international recognition, generate economic activity and contribute to the economy of the countries in which they are located, one should regard them as valuable economic resources. Th e aim of this work is to fi rstly, address the issue of economically eff ective and socially responsible management of cultural mo...

This paper describes preliminary conclusions from a long-term study of cultural heritage digital collections. First, those features most important to cultural heritage digital libraries are described. Second, we list those components that have proven most useful in boot-strapping new collections.

Managing information related to cultural heritage sites is an important task and much work has been devoted to developing special purpose document management systems. These systems are able to store and retrieve large amounts of documents; however, while this is adequate for some purposes, it is not sufficient for research and conservation work. Researchers need to determine relationships betwe...

Cultural heritage preservation is not only about arts, memory, values, and the subtle balance between destruction and restoration. In this modern interand multidisciplinary field, research is a common part of actual conservation projects. Moreover, advanced technologies, materials and investigation techniques are being developed specifically for conservation purposes. This paper presents one of...

The problem of deterioration of works of art is particularly relevant in Countries like Italy that are rich in Cultural Heritage. In fact, following UNESCO data, in Italy are located 2/3 of the Cultural Heritage known in the World. Archeological areas, statues, buildings, museums, churches and items there located, hypogean environments, are subjected to different stresses due the geographical p...

this research studies how the industry in iran emerged under the influence of industrial revolution and it tries to determine, by exploring the history and process of new industries’ formation within 19th and 20th centuries, the valuable role of these structures, particularly railway as an integral part of the historical memory of this land. as part of heritage, railway and its values underlie ...