L'AEROFOTOTECA NAZIONALE RACCONTA... [Italy's National Archive of Aerial Photography]

Abstract

Italian archives of aerial photographs have rich and varied holdings, which are a valuable source for the study of the landscape and of cultural heritage, especially in the vast parts of the country that have been affected by significant transformation in the second half of the 20th century. These archives are mostly military (Istituto Geografico Militare www.igmi. org and the Air Force historical archives http://www.aeronautica.difesa.it/storia/ufficiostorico/) with a single exception: the Aerofototeca Nazionale (AFN) http://www.iccd.beniculturali.it/index.php?it/98/aerofototeca-nazionale, the Italian national archive of aerial photography, today part of the Ministero dei Beni e delle Attivití Culturali e del Turismo (Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Tourism http://www.beniculturali.it).

Keywords

• AFN
• Italian archives
• aerial photographs
• historical collections
• cultural heritage