HISTORICAL DOCUMENTATION AND DIGITAL SURVEY FOR THE REPRESENTATION OF THE PORT LANDSCAPE

Abstract. The paper proposes a survey of the port of Fiskardo, a village located north of the island of Kefalonia, the largest of the Ionian Islands, in Greece. Called the “Venice of the South” as the coloured elevations of the houses, the subject of the research, are similar to Venetian buildings, Fiskardo owes its name to Roberto d'Altavilla who founded a Frankish colony in this bay.

The study, starting with archival iconographic research, was carried out with the support of the photogrammetric technique supported by a four-helix drone allowed the documentation of the cultural heritage. This activity is configured as a search for identity characteristics through actions of knowledge of the places and geometries of the port through the use of UAV technologies.