Pictured is the Piazza Lucio Dalla in the Comune di Bologna, a covered square of 5,882 square metres recently restored and opened in summer 2022. Named after Bolognese singer-songwriter, musician and actor Lucio Dalla, the space will become the new “Piazza Grande” for Bologna, according to Matteo Lepore, mayor of Bologna.
The square hosts events and entertainment such as concerts and theatre, under the canopy designed by architect Renato Bernardi in the 1950s. As part of the restoration, the city authorities sought a video surveillance system that could monitor the square in all conditions, day and night. Wisenet Q Series PTZ cameras were chosen for the integration with the monitoring system already in use in the control rooms.
The cameras are installed across the square, with pan, tilt, and zoom cameras chosen to move across the square when investigating an event or tracking a person of interest. The cameras provide up to 23x optical zoom, with IR LED to monitor images clearly in low light conditions. They can identify objects up to 100 metres away in Full HR resolution. The cameras also come with analytics, including motion detection, directional detection, virtual line, enter/exit, and tampering. The products integrate with Genetec’s Security Center video management software, and video feeds are monitored by the local police operational centre.
Comune di Bologna is going through a digital transformation as part of a local Digital Agenda. Ing. Alberto Nuzzo, Head of Office ‘Digital Infrastructure’ presso at the Comune di Bologna, says: “It was important that we implemented the right technology as part of the restoration of Piazza Lucio Dall. The Wisenet cameras play an important role in keeping people using the busy piazza safe and secure, but also integrate with other systems, including Genetec’s, to improve collaboration across departments and agencies. It also gives us greater options for exploring future integrations – as the Settore innovazione digitale e dati initiative includes IoT and 5G technologies.”
