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  • Roman Villa del Casale in Piazza Armerina
    • Criteria for including Piazza Armerina in the WHL
  • The mosaics of the Villa Romana del casale in Piazza Armerina between myth and reality
    • The mosaics of the Villa Romana del Casale in Piazza Armerina, between myth and reality
  • In search of the dominus through the mosaics of the late antiquity residence
    • The mosaics of the late antiquity residence
    • The context - the territory
      • The late antiquity residence: locus amoenus and centre of administrative activities in the heart of Sicily
      • The Latifundium
      • The mansio of Philosophiana. A stopping place
    • The context - the Villa
      • The public and private rooms of the villa
      • Semi-public rooms
      • The golden age: hypotheses about the villa’s period of construction and clues
      • An organic microcosm: the structure of the villa
      • The main nuclei of the Domus
      • Is the profile of the dominus hidden among the scenes depicted in the mosaics?
      • The paths of virus, a reflection of the Dominus
    • Monumental entrance
      • Solemn and majestic architecture to welcome a high-ranking commissioner
      • The prestige of the dominus is revealed through the wall frescoes
      • An eloquent symbol: the signum
      • The senses tell the monumental entrance
    • Vestibule
      • An official ceremony to welcome the Dominus
      • The protagonists of the mosaic and the military themed frescoes
      • The possible celebration of a solemn event
      • Form of greeting or ritual?
      • The senses tell the Vestibule
    • Sacellum Larum
      • A small room embellished with marble
      • Auspicious symbols and perhaps the initials of the commissioner’s name decorate the mosaic of the apsidal room
      • Worship of the Lares
      • The senses tell the Sacellum of the Lares
    • Quadrangular Peristyle
      • A large colonnaded portico, a place of connection between the rooms
      • A hidden meaning
      • The catalogue of animals
      • A line of armed men for an important Dominus
      • The senses tell the Quadrangular Peristyle
    • Private entrance to the baths
      • A small room used as a privileged entrance to the baths
      • The realistic depiction of a spa procession with a high-ranking female figure
      • The senses tell the private entrance to the spa
    • Biapsidal Hall
      • A chariot race, set in the circus Maximus of Rome, connects the villa to the city and centre of power
      • A view of the race from the imperial gallery
      • The astral interpretation of the mosaic
      • The senses tell the Bi-Apsed room
    • The thermal baths
      • A dialogue between mythological and realistic scenes
      • High-ranking characters depicted in the mosaics of the apsidal niches of the frigidarium
      • A small room represents one of the activities of the thermal bath route
      • The senses tell the frigidarium
      • The senses tell the massage room
    • Hall of the private apartment named after the “small hunt”
      • A day of hunting at the villa
      • The rural sacrifice
      • Outdoor breakfast
      • The senses tell the room in the private apartment known as “small hunt”
    • Biapsidal ambulacrum known as "corridor of the great hunt"
      • The capture of wild animals for the roman amphitheatre games
      • An individual who has attracted the attention of scholars
      • The senses tell the bi-apsed ambulatory – Corridor of the “Great Hunt”
    • Basilica
      • A royal room housed the Dominus during his audiences
      • The marble from the regions of the empire to decorate the basilica
      • The senses tell the Basilica
    • Triapsidal triclinium
      • Banquets and panegyrics enlivened the vast hall, against the background of a floor mosaic celebrating the feats of Hercules
      • The protagonists of the mosaics
      • The apotheosis of Hercules
      • The senses tell the Tri-Apsed Triclinium
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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.

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
Parco archeologico della Valle dei Templi di Agrigento.