Collection of forts and defensive structures at the time of the Grand Duchy, Research and historical-architectural interpretation of lost landscapes and territories

This research aims to develop a methodology to replicate digital 3D models of architectures, structures, and military forts painted in past pictorial works. A procedure of interest, while almost all these structures are transformed, in whole or in parts, in the modern territorial and urban fabric. The main subject will focus on Palazzo Vecchio in Florence and the great frescos of the wars won by the Grand Duke of Tuscany, Cosimo I, realized in the “Hall of the 500” under the guidance of Giorgio Vasari, celebrating the Florentine achievements. The reconstruction of the painted structures started with a match between the texts and archival sources, the digital survey of the Palace, the studying of the Hall, and the relationship between the topic shown in the painting and its ambience.