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