Practical and Digital Proposals for Restoration of the Main Apse of the Basilica of Santa Maria Assunta in Torcello

One of the recent developments in the digital domain is its application to the preservation and presentation of cultural heritage. Although a lot has been done on describing and improving the technical aspect of it, insufficient attention has been given to its theoretical aspect. Especially to the part that concerns the relation between the practical philosophical and ethical postulates of contempo-rary conservation and restoration practice and the sphere of digital restoration. The case study on which the whole research is applied is the basilica of Santa Maria Assunta on the island of Torcello, located in the northern part of the Ve-netian lagoon. More precisely, the aim of this paper is to offer possible solutions for both the digital and practical restoration practice regarding the main apse of the church, with its two-layered fresco and mosaic strata.