The capture of wild animals for the roman amphitheatre games
The public rooms of the Villa
A small room represents one of the activities of the thermal bath route
The senses tell the room in the private apartment known as “small hunt”
The realistic depiction of a spa procession with a high-ranking female figure
The Mansio of Sophiana
The Latifundium
An organic microcosm: the structure of the villa
A decoration that marks time
The senses tell the frigidarium
Auspicious symbols and perhaps the initials of the commissioner’s name decorate the mosaic of the apsidal room
The mansio of Philosophiana. A stopping place
The paths of virus, a reflection of the Dominus
The rural sacrifice
The golden age: hypotheses about the villa’s period of construction and clues
The protagonists of the mosaic and the military themed frescoes
The senses tell the bi-apsed ambulatory – Corridor of the “Great Hunt”
The Mansio, a stopping place
A line of armed men for an important Dominus
Semi-public rooms
Banquets and panegyrics enlivened the vast hall, against the background of a floor mosaic celebrating the feats of Hercules
The prestige of the dominus is revealed through the wall frescoes
The late antiquity residence: locus amoenus and centre of administrative activities in the heart of Sicily
A day of hunting at the villa
A royal room housed the Dominus during his audiences
The astral interpretation of the mosaic
The senses tell the massage room
An individual who has attracted the attention of scholars
Outdoor breakfast
The senses tell the Quadrangular Peristyle
The room of the seasons
The possible celebration of a solemn event
Date Clues
A small room used as a privileged entrance to the baths
The composition of the spaces
The catalogue of animals
A chariot race, set in the circus Maximus of Rome, connects the villa to the city and centre of power
Is the profile of the dominus hidden among the scenes depicted in the mosaics?
The apotheosis of Hercules
The layout of the rooms
The Latifundium
A large colonnaded portico, a place of connection between the rooms
The senses tell the Vestibule
A room dedicated to the sea
The protagonists of the mosaics
The Peristyle of the Villa
Pars Fructuaria e Pars Rustica
The senses tell the Bi-Apsed room
The public and private rooms of the villa
An eloquent symbol: the signum
The mosaics of the late antiquity residence
A large banquet hall
The senses tell the Basilica
Worship of the Lares
The senses tell the monumental entrance
Criteria for including Piazza Armerina in the WHL
The senses tell the private entrance to the spa
A view of the race from the imperial gallery
A dialogue between mythological and realistic scenes
A dignified setting dedicated to the myth of Arion
The senses tell the Sacellum of the Lares
Form of greeting or ritual?
An official ceremony to welcome the Dominus
A hidden meaning
High-ranking characters depicted in the mosaics of the apsidal niches of the frigidarium
The senses tell the Tri-Apsed Triclinium
The marble from the regions of the empire to decorate the basilica
Solemn and majestic architecture to welcome a high-ranking commissioner
The myth of Orpheus
A small room embellished with marble
The main nuclei of the Domus
MiC – Ministero della Cultura
Legge 77/2006 - Misure Speciali di Tutela e Fruizione dei Siti Italiani di Interesse Culturale, Paesaggistico e Ambientale, inseriti nella “Lista Del Patrimonio Mondiale”, posti sotto la Tutela dell’ UNESCO Regione Siciliana.
Assessorato dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana, Dipartimento dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana.
Parco archeologico della Valle dei Templi di Agrigento.
