Underground Monitoring in Baltanás: The Spanish Pilot of the ARGUS Project

Discover how digital technologies are helping protect one of Spain's most unique underground heritage landscapes. 

About the webinar

The Baltanás underground wine cellars represent one of Spain's most remarkable examples of vernacular cultural heritage. However, these historic structures are increasingly exposed to environmental pressures, structural deterioration and the impacts of climate change.

Join us for this ARGUS webinar to explore how advanced monitoring technologies—including wireless sensor networks, IoT systems, 3D digitalisation, cloud architectures, photonic sensing and acoustic emission monitoring—are supporting the preventive preservation of this unique heritage site.

Researchers, technology developers and local stakeholders will present the first results from the ARGUS Spanish pilot site, demonstrating how real-time environmental monitoring and digital technologies are helping transform heritage conservation from reactive interventions to data-driven preventive management.

The webinar will conclude with an interactive discussion, providing participants with the opportunity to engage directly with the speakers and learn more about the future of smart heritage monitoring.

Webinar details

Wednesday, 22 July 2026
Online webinar in Spanish with subtitles in your chosen language
10:00 CEST

Exploring how ARGUS is transforming cultural heritage monitoring through data-driven decision-making.

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Agenda

Agenda for the webinar Underground Monitoring in Baltanás
TimePresentation
10:00–10:05Opening of the webinar. Presentation of the European ARGUS project. 
Sofía Aparicio, Researcher at ITEFI (CSIC) 
10:05–10:15Presentation of the case study: Baltanás Wineries. 
Ángel Fombellida Villafruela, Secretary of the Baltanás Wineries Association 
10:15–10:25Towards the complete 3D digitisation of the Baltanás Winery District. 
Luis Javier Sánchez Aparicio, Associate Professor at the Higher Technical School of Architecture of the UPM 
10:25–10:35Wireless sensor networks for cultural heritage conservation. 
Sofía Aparicio, Researcher at ITEFI (CSIC) 
10:35–10:45Cloud architecture and IoT sensors for monitoring built heritage. 
Ángela Lluch, Application Engineer and Project Manager at Worldsensing 
10:45–10:55Design, selection and deployment of IoT sensors. 
Fernando Ramonet, Researcher at ITEFI (CSIC) 
10:55–11:05Application of acoustic emission sensors for cultural heritage conservation. 
Marcel Janer Angelet, Researcher at the EURECAT Technology Centre 
11:05–11:15A Photonic Approach to Cultural Heritage: From Imaging to Structural Sensing. 
Richard Ahorsu, Researcher at the EURECAT Technology Centre 
11:15–11:25Preliminary monitoring results from the Baltanás Winery District. 
Lidia Abad, Researcher at ITEFI (CSIC) 
11:25–11:30Lessons learned. 
Fernando Ramonet, Researcher at ITEFI (CSIC) 
11:30–12:00Questions and discussion forum