Using information and communication technologies in understanding cultural heritage

This paper presents a new validation process which can be used to test methodological experiences that deal with the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in the understanding of Cultural Heritage. There are multiple definitions of heritage, and this a subject of ongoing debate among the various disciplines involved in its preservation and enhancement. For our present purposes, we will refer to this definition as a "know-how" arising from the construction methods and ways of life that characterize a place through history. The goal is to reconstruct the "memory" of a place through the use of new Information and Communication Technologies by presenting the various experiences obtained during the interpretation of heritage spaces, and in particular intangible heritage. In this case the place considered is the Roman theatre of Byblos.