Current life in a Roman Colony – Welcome to Castrum Novum!
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
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DOI - Digital Object Identifier
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Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Current life in a Roman Colony – Welcome to Castrum Novum!
Original language description
Castrum Novum (Santa Marinella, Italy) is the colonial settlement, dated to the imperial period from the 2nd century BC. Since the 1970s, archaeological excavations have been taking place and over the years, researchers from whole Europe (France, Czech Republic, Finland, Germany or Poland) have joined the italian project. However, what sets Castrum Novum apart is the group of excavation volunteers - mostly elderly, often retired community from Il Gruppo Archeologico del Territorio Cerite. The organization tries to physically bring the local history and archeology closer to tourists and city residents, enabling commented tours and offering the souvenirs devoted to the location. Due to their passion, in 2023, the municipality of Santa Marinelli, awarded participants of the project with the honorary citizenship of Castrum Novum as a sign of the "new life of the colony". However, with technology development, Castrum Novum has gained a new life also in a virtual world.Last years, the site has been mostly promoted on television, radio and social media. For those interested in archeology and architecture, 3D reconstructions of the colony are available on YouTube. However, the tribute to younger generations is the computer game.In cooperation with TECRON VR and iNFINITE PRODUCTION, a computer simulation "Castrum Novum VR - Life in a Roman colony" was created (available on the Steam platform). Users can feel how life was in a typical ancient colony of Rome. They can move directly to 153 AD and explore the whole area, meet the locals and feel the Roman power in its heyday.See the role of heritage in society and its imagination. Welcome to Castrum Novum!
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
O - Miscellaneous
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
60102 - Archaeology
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach
Others
Publication year
2024
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů