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