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