Conoscere per comunicare, comunicare per salvaguardare. Velia: un grande sito archeologico poco conosciuto

he measures of protection that a community intends to implement to ensure the conservation and use of Cultural Heritage contribute to preserve memory and to promote development of culture. The restriction nature of these actions isn't enough to guarantee safeguard of Cultural Heritage, it is therefore necessary that the Knowledge is not directed exclusively to control, but it is used to Communicate the meaning of which cultural heritage is physical vehicle, and then the reason of protection. The research aims to define a communication project for an archaeological site that is able to identify an appropriate code to bridge the communication gap linked to archaeological finds and to allow the cultural information reaches the wide audience. The Case Study is the archaeological site of Velia in the Cilento National Park, it is less known than Paestum because the physical deterioration creates more problems to translate the signs. In this case the Communication process is essential to make effective the safeguard action and to transmit cultural values of the archaeological finds. The research aims to experiment with different forms of communication to establish communication products for different users: a video to promote culture, an Information System based on 3D models or linked to VR applications. The main expected results are to spread culture, to encourage cultural debate and, last but not least, to promote cooperation between researchers from different disciplines.