DIGITALESCAPE Project. Remote Sensing, New Technologies and Archaeology for the Preservation and Diffusion of the Cultural Heritage at Risk in the Sierra Sur and Sierra Morena Region.

The province of Jaén (Andalusia, Spain), despite being declared the European territory with the largest number of defensive constructions (castles and fortifications), has few conservation plans, with many remains included on the Red List of Spanish Heritage lying abandoned. This presents a problem for the conservation of the landscape and the optimal use of the province’s tourism potential. Two actions are proposed to alleviate this situation: The creation of an archaeological and environmental risk chart with which to answer such ques-tions as “How have climate change, anthropic alterations and environmental characteristics af-fected the state of conservation of certain heritage sites?” and to put forward proposals for im-proving their protection using as a basis digital and technological tools, such as remote sensing (SAR), taking advantage of data from the Sentinel 2A and 2B satellites, HBIM, RPAS and GIS. To foster the promotion of smart tourism by digitalising and virtualising tourist routes and ar-chaeological remains by building a Smart Tourism App for mobile devices. Finally, public administrations will be apprised of the need to implement a conservation policy for cultural assets and their surroundings in a simple, quick and cost-effective manner.