I principi cardine per la redazione del Piano per l’Accessibilità applicato ai giardini storici monumentali. Il caso-studio del Giardino di Boboli/ Key Principles for Drafting of the Accessibility Plan Applied to Historical Monumental Gardens. The Case-study of Boboli Gardens

The paper presents a variation of the Accessibility Plan (Lauria, 2012) applied to historical monumental gardens. The contents feature some of the results of the Research project “Boboli for us. The Accessibility Plan of Boboli Gardens”, undertaken by Florence Accessibility Lab (University of Florence) in partnership with Gallerie degli Uffizi. Applying the fundamental principles of the Accessibility Plan (AP) to this historical garden entails identifying strategies and operational solutions that can improve usability of cultural heritage without affecting the integrity of the sites, respecting their historical and social values. The aim of this project is to increase the accessibility degree of physical places, services and cultural contents of Boboli. The AP for historical monumental gardens can act in three different ways: (1) Soft physical transformations in “points of least resistance”; (2) Management solutions (off-site information, in-site information, staff training); (3) Implementation of cultural contents usability through digital technology (apps, 3d model, augmented reality, etc.) offering new possibilities of access where visitors with limited functionality cannot reach.