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