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the lost pediment of the palace of Antonio de Mendoza in Guadalajara (sixteenth century). Taking as a basis an old photograph, it was pos- sible to document the whole appearance of the palace’s façade by means of this digital model, which could be used for other dissemination or enhancement purposes.A recent experience was aimed chie y at recov- ering the historic past using 3D digital modelling techniques. To mark the exhibition Cor ignis. Memoria y patrimonio de la iglesia de San Agustín de La Laguna, a virtual reconstruction was made of the old church of San Agustín, in La Laguna (Tenerife). This eighteenth-century church lost its important artistic and religious heritage in the re of 1964; all that remained were visual docu- ments and oral testimonies which the initiative of Cultania – Gestión Integral de la Cultura y el Patrimonio Histórico158 has attempted to recover. The virtual reconstruction159 carried out by PAR is an example of the interdisciplinary work thatis essential in projects of this kind; the existing historical records proved to be crucial, as was other virtual restoration work carried out on the frescos of the main chapel that were part of this e ort to recover lost heritage. The extensive digital documentation obtained from this recon- struction project was published in the catalogue of the exhibition, where a viewer providing a 360-degree of the interior was installed [online resource - video].1602.2.2 Interactive kiosksThe purpose of interactive kiosks is to provide visitors with in situ interpretive digital content on a heritage asset. The fact that they already have a considerable track record underlines the e ciency of the role these installations play at heritage sites.Cultural institutions are currently interested in these interactive kiosks as a means of making available a multilingual digital application that provides visitors who do not have a smartphoneor tablet with additional information for learning about and interpreting the cultural object.In interactive kiosks attention is not paidsolely to the digital content they are designed to provide; they are also intended to instil heritage values in users by o ering them an experience with an entertaining and rational focus. Therefore the installation must have an attractive appearance, functions and interactive multimedia content that arouse visitors’ interest and encourage them to learn.Virtual reconstruction of EnameThe projects developed by Visual Dimensions161 at the archaeological park in the Belgian townof Ename are part of the work carried out in collaboration with the Provincial Archaeological Museum and the Ename Centre for Public Archaeology and Heritage Presentation to study local heritage. Ename began to play a prominent role in 974, when it became an important for- tress and hub of trade, although it was destroyed seventy- ve years later by the Count of Flanders, who built on its ruins a Benedictine abbey which towered over the town until 1795.For the past two decades work162 has been underway to produce a virtual reconstruction of the site, where a few archaeological traces still remain of the old fortress and the no longer extant Benedictine abbey of Saint Salvator.This is how Ename’s archaeological park arose as an open air museum that uses new technologies to provide virtual information and raise the general public’s awareness of the importance of the site. This was the purpose of installing the Ename TimeScope kiosk, which was created to address the di culty of interpreting the ar- chaeological remains found at the site, as it was di cult for non-experts to identify speci c struc- tures such as houses, churches or workshopson the basis of fragments of structures or foun- dations. TimeScope consists of a touchscreen where visitors can enjoy interactive panoramicAC/E DIGITAL CULTURE ANNUAL REPORT 2017159The use of digital technologies in the conservation, analysis and dissemination of cultural heritage