An algorithmic approach to viewsheds analysis for cultural landscape: Manziana and the bracciano lake area

Abstract

The essay presents the results of a still ongoing research on the historical center of Manziana and on the cultural landscape around Bracciano Lake. In particular, the contribution studies the visual relationships between the village of Manziana, the other villages nearby, the Hermitage of Montevirginio and the area of the lake through the viewsheds analysis. Viewsheds analysis, generally performed through GIS software, if implemented through algorithmic modeling tools, allows obtaining data immediately usable in modeling software aimed at architectural and landscape design, reducing the gap between the analysis of reality and the design of future interventions.