La Banca Dati 'Cappadocia - Arte e Habitat rupestre'. Dai corpora cartacei alle applicazioni web

We intend to present the Virtual Museum realized within the project of the University of Tuscia and representing innovative documentation tools for the enhancement of Cappadocia. The University of Tuscia has been working in Cappadocia in the territory of Nevşehir since 2006, conducting the survey "Rock painting in Cappadocia. For a project of knowledge, conservation and enhancement". The work concerns the phenomenon of rock hewn painting, following an interdisciplinary methodology which links humanistic knowledge with scientific and technical investigations. Through the analysis of 89 churches and 20 civil rooms we were able to design and implement a database on Cappadocian rock settlements, churches and paintings. For each monument included in the database we provide information about: place, architectural structure, function, rock hewn liturgical and civil furnishing, decoration. With regard to the churches, special attention is paid to pictorial decoration. Iconographic themes, chronology, techniques of execution and constituent materials are accurately recorded for each monument. In addition, we studied Cappadocian landscape and rock habitat, being conscious that it plays a co-starring role alongside pictorial decorations.