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Knowledge and Conservation Through Sustainable Fruition: The Cave Complex of San Michele in Sant’Angelo di Alife (CE)

Maria Teresa Como
;Nicodemo Abate
Membro del Collaboration Group
;Alessia Frisetti
2025-01-01
2025
978-3-031-87315-7
As part of a wide-ranging programme aimed at enhancing the material cultural heritage of Sant’Angelo d’Alife territory (Caserta), the research team of the Suor Orsola Benincasa University of Naples and the ISPC-CNR of Potenza drew up the guidelines of a project for activities aimed at the knowledge and con-servation of the rupestrian settlement on the slopes of the Matese to be carried out through a safety fruition of the site, preserving its peculiarities and qualities and ensuring an appropriate interpretation. The project is proposed as an innovative and sustainable intervention, aimed at preserving an important archaeological and religious site to which the local community is particularly attached. The rupes-tral condition is a pre-eminent aspect to be protected and at the same time the origin and cause of the problems underlying its restoration and enjoyment. Diffi-cult environmental conditions, the falling of rock fragments inside the cave due to karst-type phenomena, are overcome ensuring a safe and sustainable coexis-tence. A comprehensive 3D survey acquired the data for an in-depth knowledge of the cave, from geomorphology to the details of the surviving structures and, at the same time, laid the foundation for defining risk control tools and project guidance. In the perspective of an archaeological investigation, in order to free the entrance from strata that have accumulated over the centuries and bring to light the ancient structures, a compatible fruition is planned that envisages the coexistence of excavation, conservation and public reception activities. The inter-vention is characterised by a sustainable, light and adaptable approach, capable of responding to current conservation needs, ensuring protection and guaranteeing immersive enjoyment of the cave/sanctuary complex.
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