Proposal for an Information System for the Portuguese Historical and Military Heritage Based on a Sustainable, Innovative and Inclusive Management Model

To address the absence of indicators on the diversity, quantity and location of the national cultural heritage, both historical and military, the creation of an information and management system for material, immaterial and natural resources, aims not only to preserve and promote this heritage for future memory, but also to contribute to study and research in the field of military issues. The information system (IS) under study, as an open access tool, will make it possible to structure the existing offer in the national territory, contributing to the safeguarding, conservation and enhancement of the heritage and consequently to the qualification of the territories and economic and social development. An agile development methodology was used, based on an inventory matrix. The research arises from a partnership between the Portuguese Military Tourism Association and the Centre for Technology, Restoration and Enhancement of the Arts in the context of the preservation of the national historical-military heritage and to the development of military tourism in Portugal.