An inaccessible cultural site is useless to the community. Thanks to VR technology trough digital heritage, we reconstruct environments lost to time or temporarily impractical, providing the opportunity to move freely within space and interact with it. The goal is to enable the community to engage with the historical and artistic heritage, transforming it into a personal experience.

Gaining knowledge and expanding one’s awareness can become an engaging and exciting experience, which also involves enjoyment.

In 2012, an earthquake destroyed the church of San Francesco in Mirandola. By wearing virtual reality headsets, visitors will step into the virtual reconstruction of the church, as it stood in its period of grandeur. In collaboration with students from the F. Montanari school in Mirandola, who lend their voices, and with historical sources curated by Massimo Cestari, the experience aims to take visitors back in time to observe its masterful works and beautiful Gothic architecture.

The project has been curated and produced by Studio Metrohive for the ‘Una scossa d’arte’ (A Shock of Art) project by the F. Montanari School.