Ericsson Nikola Tesla to digitalize Croatia’s cultural heritage
Telecommunications equipment manufacturer Ericsson Nikola Tesla said it has signed a 12 million kuna ($1.9 million/1.6 million euro) contract with Croatia‘s culture ministry to develop and maintain the ICT system of a digitalisation project. Croatia’s cultural heritage digitalized
The project, financed by the European Union, aims to enable digital storage of data of the country’s cultural heritage and provide the citizens with online access to it, Ericsson Nikola Tesla said in a filing to the Zagreb Stock Exchange on Monday. Croatia’s cultural heritage digitalized
The crossroads between East and West, Central European and the southern spirit of the Mediterranean, Croatia has developed a wide artistic, literary and musical tradition over the years. A rich cultural heritage that lives beyond museums, churches and cathedrals.
Croatian properties inscribed on the World Heritage List:
Cultural (8)
- Episcopal Complex of the Euphrasian Basilica in the Historic Centre of Poreč
- Historic City of Trogir
- Historical Complex of Split with the Palace of Diocletian
- Old City of Dubrovnik
- Stari Grad Plain, island of Hvar
- Stećci Medieval Tombstone Graveyards
- The Cathedral of St James in Šibenik
- Venetian Works of Defence between the 16th and 17th Centuries: Stato da Terra – Western Stato da Mar
Natural (2)
- Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe
- Plitvice Lakes National Park
Nina Obuljen Koržinek, Minister for Culture of Croatia, signed in November 2019 in Brussels the Declaration of cooperation on advancing the digitisation of cultural heritage with Claire Bury, Deputy Director General of DG Connect. The Declaration was launched during the Digital Day last 9 April, and to date it has been signed by 26 EU States and Norway.
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The Declaration has three pillars of action:
- A pan-European initiative for 3D digitisation of cultural heritage artifacts, monuments and sites;
- Re-use of digitised cultural resources to foster citizen engagement, innovative use and spill-overs in other sectors;
- Enhancing cross-sector and cross-border cooperation and capacity building in the sector of digitised cultural heritage.
Croatia joins the Declaration at a crucial moment, in which the Commission is already working on implementing it, and it has also initiated the evaluation of the main EU policy instrument in the area of digital for cultural heritage (Recommendation 2011/711/EU).
