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20205 minPGdoc-short

The Venice Time Machine

20205 minPGdoc-short

The Venice library archives create a digital model of the city's cultural heritage over a thousand years.

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The Venice Time Machine

2020• 5 minPG

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The Venice library archives create a digital model of the city's cultural heritage over a thousand years.

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The Venice library archives initiate a project to create a collaborative multidimensional model of Venice. This open digital archive aims to document over a thousand years of the city's evolution, focusing on the circulation of information, news, money, and commercial goods. The project, launched by the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland, seeks to trace artistic and architectural patterns, ultimately forming a 'big data of the past'. This initiative highlights the importance of cultural heritage and aims to preserve the rich history of Venice for future generations.

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