Pompeii, Italy

In 2003, students and faculty from the Research Center for the Development of Integrated Automatic Procedures for Restoration of Monuments (DIAPReM) and the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Ferrara collaborated with the Soprintendenza Archeologica di Pompeii to execute a digital documentation of the Forum. The detailed digital documentation of the site, collected through survey, LiDAR and photogrammetry was used to create a precisely detailed model for the purposes of cultural resource management and visualization. The project was funded by the University of Ferrara and the Kacyra Family Foundation.   

The temple of Jupiter located at the North end of the forum, dates back to the second century BC and was originally dedicated solely to Jupiter. When Pompeii became a Roman colony in 80 BC, the temple was enlarged and dedicated to the Capitoline Triad of Jupiter, Juno, and Minerva, a common practice in towns newly conquered by the Romans. The three deities Jupiter, the king of the gods; Queen Juno his wife and sister; and Jupiter's daughter Minerva, the goddess of wisdom were commonly worshiped throughout the Roman empire.