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Scientists from Italy, together with Russian colleagues, began to explore the Genoese fortress located in the Crimea. They are considering the possibility of making them a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The coordinator of the Genoese fortresses of the Crimea and the Black Sea-Azov basin project is Italian professor Giovanni Spalla, TASS reports.
Spalla called the Crimean Peninsula a legendary region, the crossing point of the history and culture of many peoples. The legacy of the Genoese is also visible there. They arrived in Tauris in the Middle Ages, but traces of their names are still found in the names of Crimean Italians.
Representatives of the scientific community from other countries will also join Russian and Italian scientists. Specialists in the field of fortification, military art, culture are going to work together.
The Crimean government called the Italian initiative noble and promised the project comprehensive support.
Scientists want to draw up a detailed map of the Genoese heritage sites. Each monument and the territory that surrounds it will be studied in their current state. It is planned to carry out not only photography and video recording, but also spatial scanning. This will help to build models of fortresses in 3D-format.
Monuments are also explored in a historical perspective, based on archival documents, modern and historical topographic maps. Scientists are going to do some conservation work.
The project should result in the preparation of cultural and educational tourist routes. The completion of the project is scheduled for 2029.
Russkiy Mir
