Water Heritage in the Rural Hinterland Landscapes of the UNESCO Alto Douro Wine Region, Portugal: A Digital Humanities Approach

Abstract

Starting from a well defined and demarcated area in space, the Corgo River, in the region of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, this work seeks through Information Technologies (IT), Digital Humanities and online tools and applications (software) to provide digital images of space and water resources, anthropic elements related to water and various natural features. Based on these available resources and a set of historical cartographic documents, we provide a realistic view of the cultural and natural water landscape and how augmented reality can help archaeology interpret this landscape and its historical transformations.