All roads (from AR-PA) lead to cultural innovation

Innovation and artificial intelligence are revolutionizing the preservation, management, dissemination and valorization of cultural heritage. This is one of the first conclusions drawn from a quick visit to Pavilion 3 of the Valladolid trade fair dedicated to AR-PA tourism. … Cultural. In addition to being a gathering place for foundations, institutions and companies, this space has recently become a plaza for the exchange of ideas and the demonstration of applications of the latest technologies in the field. “We are focusing on what photogaming is and how it can be used to generate digital twins of historic buildings to help with preservation,” he explains. Carlos Garcia, one of the co-founders of Invicsaa company born in Leon, specializes in innovations with drones, a device that delighted the schoolchildren who came to this corner of the fair yesterday.

Next to it is argo nuts, Another startup born in Madrid wants to expand its market to other communities. “We are dedicated to bringing together cultural institutions that care about their local communities.” Among the latest initiatives is an application developed for the Royal Tapestry Factory that presents virtual tours of its works, “distributed around the world” and “accompanied by different narrative discourses,” explains Javier Toral, one of its co-founders.

These new tools also allow us to discover heritage sites that are difficult to access due to their remote location or simply because they have disappeared. This is the goal of Navarre’s company Virtualan This effectively revived the Castle of Olite, among other monuments in the state. “When you visit a historical site or monument, it is sometimes difficult to understand what it represented in the past. We provide that visual information,” summarizes Iker Ibero.

But among the many innovations there are also spaces that touch on the past, such as a display case displaying a 16th-century wrought iron helmet discovered during excavations at the Avellaneda Palace in Peñaranda de Duero (Burgos), a “unique” find, Culture Minister Gonzalo Santoña said a few weeks ago. Details of the “astounding” discovery are expected to be announced by Deputy Minister Mar Sancho this Saturday. And in addition to boasting about one of his most “important” works, the Cartulario de Valpuesta, the speaker from the Castellano Leonese Language Institute informed us that “in the next few days we will be printing the Cartulario de Fronccea.”