Innovative technologies for the knowledge and the enhancement of hyblean rural heritage

The study is aimed at the knowledge and documentation of the dry stone artefacts, the muragghi, which characterise the Sicilian Hyblaean landscape. These buildings are the sign of the vernacular rural economy. They represent a way of life as well as of human work. The main goal is to start an enhancement project through the experimentation of innovative technologies aimed at the virtualisation and communication of the environmental assets. We propose the creation of a structure able to interconnect this heritage for its safeguarding and enhancement not only as a source of immaterial well-being but also as an economic resource to be used, for example, for the development of cultural and rural tourism, according to the principles of sustainable development. The experimentation has been started on the muragghio of villa Trippatore in Sampieri (RG), a little watchtower of the ragusan farm which embody the material culture of the territory.