Il rilievo dei monasteri del Monte Athos

The research presents the results of the architectural survey campaigns of the western coastal strip of the Athos peninsula in Greece. Through the phases of the discipline of representation, such as digital survey, point cloud, processing of flat surfaces and 3D modelling, a path is proposed for the knowledge of the third arm of the Chalkidiki peninsula with regard to religious architecture. The initial part of the research was developed with photographic documentation from the sea, while in a subsequent phase the in situ survey of the monasteries on the west coast was carried out. The instrumental survey activities, carried out with the help of quadrihelix drones and terrestrial photogrammetry, concerned the Monastery of St. Dionysius, the Monastery of Xeropotmus, the Monastery of the Zographer, the Monastery of Dochiario, the Monastery of Simonpetra, the Monastery of St. Paul, the Monastery of Xenophon, the Monastery of St. Gregory, the Monastery of St. Pantaleimon and the Monastery of Costamonita. The research aims to expose, for the first time, the unpublished instrumental surveys carried out in the Athos community, which has been averse to the access of tourists and curious people for centuries