Thanks to the analysis of some recent satellite images, within a CNR-ISPC research project aimed at the realization of a Historical Aerotopographic Atlas of the ancient city of Albania, it is possible to present a preliminary study of two important ancient cities of Albania, Apollonia and Phoenike, aimed at enhancing some aspects of urban topography. In particular, historical space photos and recent satellite images were particularly useful for identifying traces likely to refer to buried buildings or parts of buildings, in sectors of archaeological areas where archaeological excavations have not yet been conducted.

Lecce s historical character is expressed by its historical centre, rich in cultural and architectural marvels of the past. However, the symbol of Lecce s ancient origins is the Roman amphitheatre in St. Oronzo square, the core of the city. The amphitheatre was discovered during the construction of the building of the Bank of Italy by some workers in the early 900. In order to have pieces of information related to the structure of the amphitheatre, geophysical surveys were undertaken inside and outside it. In this paper, some of the interesting results obtained will be presented.

The potential of GIS applications has been successfully applied in the most diverse fields for years, starting from urban planning to geology, from agriculture to cultural heritage, and from engineering to architecture. Through GIS systems, territorial information can be entered in a single container that allows not only to save and preserve them but also to study and process them. This GIS for the systematic filing of the dovecotes present in Salento in Puglia, implements GIS analysis technologies. With them the common characteristics of the architectures are immediately highlighted, thus creating tables which, converted into special formats, dynamically connect the artefacts and the thematic segments: a precious source for an innovative analysis tool, in terms of conservative recovery and subsequent enhancement of the entire system of dovecotes present in Salento.

The Roman amphitheater of Venosa (Potenza, southern Italy) is one of the experimental sites chosen as part of the IDEHA project (Innovation for Data Processing in Heritage Areas) in the Basilicata region, of which the CNR ISPC was scientific coordinator. This contribution presents the new results of the research more closely linked to the technical and constructive aspects of the monument, achieved starting from the instrumental survey performed with integrated techniques of laser scanning and digital photogrammetry. The metric data collected was integrated with those no longer visible that emerged during the archaeological excavation campaigns, which took place in 1841, 1925 and then in the 1980s and from a careful reconnaissance of the collapsed architectural elements present in situ. Despite the poor conditions of the wall structures, subject to centuries of abandonment and spoliations, it was possible to develop a reconstructive proposal for the amphitheater, with the creation of a three-dimensional model in which they critically merged all the collected data.

The instability of the hypogean archaeological site named Grotta della Poesia, was studied by combing geological and geophysical methods. The inside geometry of fractures and the physical parameters of the surrounding and underground materials were the primary objectives of the geophysical survey. 2D seismic tomography and 2D electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) were combined to make a first diagnosis. First seismic data were acquired along one horizontal profile delimited by the line of the sources inside the cave and the receiver lying on the ground surface. ERT profile was overlapped with the seismic profile but the electrodes were placed on the ground surface. The interpretation of integrated geophysical data resulted in evaluating some of the rock mass parameters such as the rock quality designation, linear fracture density and fracture density.