Digital Survey Techniques for the Documentation of Military Architecture. The Case of the Citadel of Alessandria and Santa Croce Bastion of Lucca

The survey of fortified walls outlines a broad research domain, highlighting different elements of complexity. These artefacts require careful survey planning and experimental approaches to preserve their original shape. Within this process, data traceability is essential to controlling the overall accuracy and obtaining reliable metric information for interpretive purposes. The activity described here is devoted to surveying a portion of the walls of the Citadel of Alessandria and Lucca.