Cultural Heritage management in GIS: cataloguing of ancient marbles in Apulia (Southern Italy),

GIS (Geographical Information System) have been more and more oriented towards the management of many information, that can be - at the same time - aggregated or not and so a valid support for a best choice policy. The main purpose of this study was the arrangement of a GIS in order to schedule methodically "ancient marbles" in Apulia and in particularly in roman monuments and in the medieval churches of Lecce and its province (Salento). It has been organized so that the common features of handmade stones can be surveyed immediately: for this, indicative schedule in special formats have been drawn up and they should be linked to handmade stones and to vector themes in analysis. Carried out in this way, the study contains hints for exploitation of territorial development for an organic plan to recover the marble heritage of Apulia.