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