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