This paper is a summary of the research activities conducted in urban context
within the Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture of Pavia and the Joint
Interdepartmental Landscape, Survey and Design Laboratory of Florence and Pavia
University. The subject is the analysis and the representation of the urban landscape,
illustrates a methodological approach to the survey of the Oltrepò territory (Pavia). The
case study of Barbianello is part of a wider project, aims to establish a methodology for
the documentation of the urban area and some of its historical monuments, that can
be apply to the neighboring municipalities. The digital tools had the aim to support the
methodology applied, evaluating the support of each instrument at different levels of
investigation, from the general scale to the detail