Caorle 1 Shipwreck (II-I B.C.). The ongoing project for a remote protection of the site

The Caorle 1 shipwreck (II-I BC) is located in the upper Adriatic sea at about 28 m under sea level and at 12 nautical miles from the coast of Bibione; so from the legal point of view, it is therefore at the limit of the territorial waters. With the aim of protect this site, the Superintendency has started a collaboration with the University of Udine in order to develop a video surveillance system. The project involves the creation of an apparatus capable of continuously monitoring both the body of water above a submerged site and the actual site. Indeed the system, developed in an energy au-tonomous way, involves sending video streams, collected by underwater cameras installed at various points of the shipwreck, to a management and sorting system located on a buoy, on which additional cameras are placed to also record the surface. The acquired images are also transmitted in real time via satellite to a remote server and recorded. This allows both their distribution for remote use on the web or in a virtual station in the museum. The surface images are instead aimed solely at keeping the area monitored, thus constituting the main element of deterrence.