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