The Astino Valley in Bergamo: multispectral aerial photogrammetry for the survey and conservation of the cultural landscape and biodiversity

The Astino Valley maintains the history of biodiversity of the lands of Bergamo. A cultural landscape, which was shaped in medieval times when a Vallombrosan monastery was built there. After a long period of neglect, in 2007 the purchase of the monastery and its agricultural barns by the Misericordia Maggiore Foundation started an important recovery program. In 2021, the Astino valley wins the Landscape Award of the Council of Europe. This has given way to new studies on the territory aimed at its monitoring, conservation and management that have based on advanced survey activities.