Programme: INTERREG III B – ARCHIMED 2000-2006
Title: Elevating and Safeguarding Culture Using Tools of the Information Society: Dusty traces of the Muslim culture
Acronym: ESCUTIS
Start - End: June 2006 - March 2008.
Field of Intervention: Protection, safeguarding and management of Cultural Heritage
Location: Italy– Apulia – Salento; Greece – Province of Ioannina; Cyprus
Lead Partner: Leader Educational Approaches In Virtual Technology Laboratory (Earthteam), Department Of Primary Education; University of Ioannina
Partners: Euro-Mediterranean Cultural Heritage Agency, University of Cyprus, University of Patras
Targets:
The main objectives of the project are:
enhance and preserve the traces of Ottoman-Muslim cultural heritage, from 15th to 20th century, found on the coasts of Western Greece (Epirus, Aitoloakarnania, Peloponnese), Cyprus and South-East of Italy, using innovative tools and communication technologies (ICT);
promote a new and positive perception of Muslim cultural heredity and dissemination of this opinion through the use of ICT platforms in cultural domains.
Achievements Implementation of a scientific publication of 500 pages, 1300 photos, 25 of which are 3D photons, and 200 plans.