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