## 1 Introduction  
The central element of this paper is an interdisciplinary methodology, which employs state of the art tools, instruments, techniques, and equipment, found suitable by the authors, for capitalizing on a heritage asset (namely, the wooden church of Voivodeni, Salaj County, Romania, (Figure 1), and the imperial gates from within (illustrated in Figure 2), through digital restoration/conservation and promotion to a wider audience.  
In this regard, in the specialty literature we find a series of examples that use various digital technologies for the digital restoration and conservation of various heritage sites, such as: city centers [1], castes, or other moments [2]. Furthermore, for studying painted artefacts, various techniques are used, such as: energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX), polarized light microscopy (PLM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), micro-Raman spectroscopy (m-RS), Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and pyrolysis-gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (Py-GC/MS) [3]; in this field, the texture obtained by painters when using various brushes and painting techniques, is also studied [4].  
This paper focuses on the \"Holy Archangels [PERSON] and [PERSON]\" wooden church from Voivodeni (Figure 1), which is situated on a hill nearby the village, as tradition dictated, and was constructed from dovetail joined wooden beams. The roof has steep angles, and the watchtower is placed on the roof ridge with the spire that surpasses the height of the walls. Inside the church lies an inscription documenting the year when construction started: \"It was appointed for the church to be built up from the meadows in the year 1820. And it was built at the expense of the village, parish priest being [PERSON] with his priest son [PERSON], and the curator was [PERSON]. And the holy church was finished in the year 1822\". The painter was the priest [PERSON] from Elciu, who painted this church and the imperial gates from within in the year 1832 [5; 6; 7; 8; 9].  
The Four Evangelists are depicted on the two imperial wooden gates (Figure 2). Tradition assigned a symbol to each of them. Therefore, [PERSON] is depicted together with a man (angel), [PERSON] is depicted together with a lion, [PERSON] is depicted together with a calf, and [PERSON] is joined by an eagle. The painting was deteriorated and needed immediate preservation and restoration.  
Figure 1: The wooden church of Voivodeni, Salaj County, Romania.  
The investigation of the component materials (support materials and the painting layer) was completed through XRF and FTIR spectroscopic methods [10; 11; 12; 13; 14; 15; 16]. The sampling points for XRF and FTIR spectroscopy investigations are presented in Figure 2.  
By employing such physico-chemical methods of investigation, the pigments used in the construction phase are identified and documented, because they represent the starting point in the classic restoration operations of any historical monument.  
Furthermore, in order to contribute to the viability of the investigated monument, the authors propose a method of disseminating the results based on cutting edge technologies (namely, augmented and virtual reality--AR/VR). The popularization of this and other such monuments, based on this way of dissemination, may contribute to their reintroduction into religious and cultural tourism circuits, which, in term, would allow the collection and attraction of funds necessary for their maintenance and restoration (self-sustainment).  
Figure 2: The Imperial Gates of Voivodeni wooden church (**a**) and the indication of the sampling points (**b**).