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Loarre XR
Success story · Itainnova · Turismo de Aragón

Loarre XR

90%
approval in the user study
Case summary

A virtual recreation of Loarre Castle that brings one of Spain's least accessible Romanesque monuments closer to people with reduced mobility and cognitive difficulties.

Loarre Castle is an 11th-century Romanesque fortress at the foot of the Aragonese Pyrenees: one of the most important medieval monuments in Spain and at the same time one of the least physically accessible. Within the European Digitourism programme, Itainnova and Turismo de Aragón drove a pioneering project to show that immersive technologies can make tourism accessible to people with reduced mobility or cognitive difficulties. The answer is LOARRE XR, a virtual recreation of the castle inside and out that accompanies visitors before, during and after the visit.

Client
Itainnova · Turismo de Aragón
Sector
Tourism
2,200 m2
Of the castle virtualised.
50 people
With reduced mobility validated it.
90%
Consider it the perfect complement.
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01 The challenge

Making one of Spain's least accessible monuments accessible

Many of Spain's great heritage monuments present accessibility barriers that are very hard to solve: narrow staircases, steep terrain, towers and battlements, underground rooms. Loarre Castle, perched on the rock at the foot of the Aragonese Pyrenees, is an extreme example: its historical value is enormous, but so are the access difficulties for people with reduced mobility or cognitive difficulties. Itainnova and Turismo de Aragón, within the European Digitourism programme, set out to show that immersive technologies can turn an inaccessible medieval fortress into an experience truly enjoyable by every audience.

Making one of Spain's least accessible monuments accessible
02 The solution

A virtual twin of the castle inside and out

The solution is LOARRE XR, a virtual recreation of the Romanesque castle inside and out that serves as a guide before, during and after the visit. Visitors explore the castle's different areas —including hidden zones or those that are hard to reach physically— through 360º photographs, gamified challenges and Virtual Reality experiences, on a virtual twin covering the castle's 2,200 square metres and its surroundings. The experience was validated by 50 people with mobility and cognitive difficulties, in collaboration with Centro Somontano Social, with 90% of participants recognising the proposal as the perfect complement to the in-person visit.

A virtual twin of the castle inside and out
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