The implementation of the project “Digital system of multilevel promotion of the history and cultural stock of the Region of Western Greece” was commissioned by the Region, after a tender, that won by the consortium of companies Space Hellas and Radiant Technologies.
It is a mobile digital museum that emphasizes historical events that took place in the region of Western Greece during the revolution of 1821, making use of digital and interactive media / applications.
The project contract, priced at € 1,967,880.00, is funded by the European Union (European Regional Development Fund) and national resources.
More specifically, the project concerns the creation of a unique Digital Park for Greek data dedicated to 1821. By utilizing innovative interactive technologies, a variety of digital exhibits installed in 12 specially designed containers, offer the visitor a unique experience of visiting and understanding events of the Greek Revolution.
The specific project of the Region of Western Greece, is the only in our country transferred Digital Park that will be installed in 10 cities of the Region. The goal of its inspirers and creators is for every citizen, as well as the entire educational community, to visit the Digital Park.
The project includes the development of electronic infrastructure, modern services and applications, aiming at the gradual transformation of Western Greece into a “smart” region in the field of promotion of its cultural and historical stock and is structured in three actions.
According to the actions, the project is divided into three sub-projects:
1. The organization and operation of a mobile digital park, which will tour 10 urban centers of the region and specifically, in AGRINIO, AIGIO, AMALIADA, VONITSA KALAVRITA, KRESTENA, MESOLOGGI, NAFPAKTOS, PATRAS, and PYRGOS. After the completion of the tour, the Park will be permanently installed in the cities of Kalavrita and Messolonghi, which are points within the region with a special role in the Revolution.
The Digital Park utilizes modern digital audiovisual and interactive technologies such as video projections, interactive applications, digital representations, virtual reality, holographic mixed reality, audio and multimedia tour systems.
2. The provision of digital services and digital content in a multi-level manner, through a promotion portal https://portal.westerngreece2021.gr/index.php/en/ and through the application of smart devices Western Greece 2021 that will inform the visitor about 2500 historical points and points of cultural interest within the Region of Western Greece.
3. The production of a documentary through which the history and culture of Western Greece are highlighted.
The Region of Western Greece, wanting to honor, as characteristically stated by the Deputy Regional Minister of Economic Policy & Financial Control Mr. Andreas Filias in a statement, “the land that lit the flame of freedom and illuminated the path of rebirth of Greece under unfavorable conditions”, emblematic project, of a strategic nature, taking advantage of every opportunity and every available means. An excellent work that will keep alive the memories and the great history of 1821 and our place “.
What the Executive President of Space Hellas said
Mr. Spyros Manolopoulos, Executive President of Space Hellas, in a statement about the project noted that “with our high know-how and experience in the field of digital applications, we are implementing a digital museum that fully meets the multiple requirements of the Region of Western Greece for history and culture.”
Characteristically, he emphasized that, “we are utilizing all the possibilities of modern technology to implement, through the Region of Western Greece, an important project in the field of digital culture, which highlights all the historical events and the cultural heritage of the region. A project that will keep all historical moments unchanged over time “
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