At the headquarters of the Italian Geographical Society, located in the historic Palazzetto Mattei within Villa Celimontana in Rome, a high-precision scientific documentation activity was carried out on an important Roman-era mosaic preserved in the library halls. The library represents one of the most significant geographical collections in Europe and…
In the afternoon and evening of 10 April 2026, an event was held at the headquarters of the Italian Geographical Society — Palazzetto Mattei in Villa Celimontana, Rome — as part of the 2026 edition of GeoNight, the European Night of Geography. The initiative, focused on scientific and cultural outreach,…
I pianeti sulla Terra: la 1ª Giornata di Studi Esogeografici all’Università Europea di Roma On 7 May 2026, at the Aula Master of the European University of Rome, the 1st Esogeographic Studies Day will take place, entitled “Planets on Earth. Analogy and Simulation for Travel and Human Activities on Other…
The in-classroom phase of the “Iter Ostiense” project has successfully come to an end. The initiative is an innovative educational pathway designed to introduce primary school pupils to the knowledge and appreciation of the historical and archaeological heritage of Ostia Antica. Developed in collaboration with the Ostia Antica Archaeological Park…
From October 1st to 3rd, 2025, GREAL worked at the private Albertini Family Archive in Milan to complete an important phase of the research project dedicated to the Arctic exploration of the vessel Heimen Sucai (1929). During the work sessions, the complete transcription of the expedition’s logbook was finalized, thanks…
The new issue of GEOGRAPHICA is now online:Representing the Dimensions of Landscape: GIS Analyses for the City of Trento by Tiziano Brunialti. Marking the 25th anniversary of the European Landscape Convention, the volume presents an innovative, interdisciplinary approach to analysing and sustainably managing urban and peri-urban landscapes. Through advanced Geographic…
The GREAL Laboratory of the European University of Rome has created an immersive virtual tour of the archaeological site of the Church of San Secondo on Polvese Island, in the heart of Lake Trasimeno. The tour allows users to digitally explore the area through 360° video spheres. Full screen View…
“La valle del fiume Amaseno. Fonti geostoriche per la conoscenza del territorio e per la sua valorizzazione” by Sara Carallo GREAL is pleased to announce the publication of a new volume in the Geographica series, published by IF Press. Titled “The Valley of the Amaseno River. Geohistorical Sources for Territorial…
From 2 to 4 July 2025, the city of Trento hosted the international conference Toponyms of Historical Linguistic Minorities in Italy, held at the headquarters of the Autonomous Region of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. The event was promoted by the Romano-Hellenic Division (RHD) of the United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical…
The Fourth Session of the United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names (UNGEGN 2025) was held at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from April 28 to May 2, 2025, and was structured around nine thematic meetings. The central theme of the session was:“Advancing geographical names standardization through…
The European University of Rome participated in the European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2025 (EGU2025), held in Vienna from April 27 to May 2, 2025. The EGU is the most important European scientific event dedicated to Earth, climate, and space sciences, attracting thousands of researchers from around the world. The…
The GREAL Laboratory of the European University of Rome has developed a 3D model of the architectural complex consisting of the Church of San Secondo, of medieval origin, and the building of the former Olivetan Monastery, located on Polvese Island, in the heart of Lake Trasimeno. The initiative is part…
The 3D model of the entire Isola Polvese was created through an aerial survey carried out by an automated drone flight, during which over 2,000 nadiral (ground-parallel) photographs were captured. The images were processed in the lab using Agisoft Metashape, resulting in a high-resolution digital reconstruction of the island’s landscape…
On Tuesday, September 24th, the second seminar of the ProSiMo Project will take place. The event can be attended in person at the GREAL laboratory, located on the -1 floor of the European University of Rome, or remotely via a dedicated link. The second seminar of Project ProSiMo II presents the final results of the international collaboration…
From Tuesday, June 11 to Friday, June 28, the exhibition titled ” Il Grande Viaggio dell’Ingegner Albertini. La “Heimen Sucai” nei Mari Artici. Maggio-Settembre 1929″ will be held in the atrium of the European University of Rome.
GREAL took part in a scientific workshop hosted by the University of Jaén, Spain, from May 6 to 9, 2024. The initiative was held within the framework of the collaboration entitled “Tools for researching and documenting historical landscape: historical text mining, remote sensing, HGIS and virtualization”, established between LabE2 at…
GREAL participated in a scientific workshop from May 6 to 9, 2024, at the University of Jaén, Spain. The event took place within the framework of the collaboration titled “Tools for researching and documenting historical landscapes: historical text mining, remote sensing, HGIS, and virtualization,” established between the LabE2 of the…
On March 13, 2024, the European University of Rome hosted a conference on the theme of “Climate Justice”, held in the university’s Aula Master and organized by the Degree Program in Law, with the participation of distinguished speakers from other institutions. The rationale behind this scientific event was summarized by…
The Geographic Research and Application Laboratory (GREAL) of the European University of Rome is pleased to announce the public presentation of the PRIN 2022 project “Island 4 Future”, on February 7, 2024, starting at 11:00 AM, at the “Sala del Consiglio”, Università Roma Tre, Via Ostiense 234-236, Rome. The PRIN…
GREAL has recently completed a digital 3D model of Zannone Island, located in the Ponziano Archipelago north of Ponza Island, and administratively part of the municipality of Ponza (LT), in the Lazio region of Italy. Zannone covers approximately 1 km² (103 hectares) and is completely uninhabited. Since 1979, the island…
In 2022, GREAL created and published a 3D model of the Roman amphitheatre of Trebula Mutuesca, located in the territory of today’s Monteleone Sabino, in the province of Rieti (Italy). The survey was conducted through aerial drone photogrammetry, using a series of flights carried out at different times with various…
Il gelido Nord. Alcune riflessioni fra geografia, esplorazione e storia dell’Artide [in Italian] Edited by Francesco Battaglini, Luigi Russo, Gianluca Casagrande, 2022ISBN 978-88-946229-1-1 The second volume of the GREAL Reports series brings together diverse voices, insights, and reflections from scholars across various disciplines, with the aim of contributing useful material…
Polarquest2018. Relazioni tecniche e di attività [in Italian and english]Edited by Gianluca Casagrande, 2021ISBN 978-88-946229-0-4 This first volume of the GREAL Reports series is dedicated to a selection of studies and activities developed around the Arctic scientific research and communication expedition Polarquest2018, carried out by an international working group aboard…
After the last aerial survey over the Sallyhamna area in the afternoon of August 16th, Polarquest2021 UAV-based observation campaign has completed its activities. Preliminary data processing has started onboard S/Y Best Explorer as the boat is heading to its next leg at Ny-Ålesund scientific station. The drone mapping was specifically…
Two years after its first operational participation to a research activity in the Svalbard islands, and with the data from a second expedition in Greenland still under analysis, GREAL will be back to the Arctic in a few weeks. In the new programme, GREAL will be involved in expedition Polarquest2021,…