Photo gallery

Photo gallery

The Peristyle of the Villa

Date Clues

An individual who has attracted the attention of scholars

A line of armed men for an important Dominus

A royal room housed the Dominus during his audiences

An organic microcosm: the structure of the villa

A day of hunting at the villa

The astral interpretation of the mosaic

The late antiquity residence: locus amoenus and centre of administrative activities in the heart of Sicily

Semi-public rooms

A dignified setting dedicated to the myth of Arion

The catalogue of animals

The composition of the spaces

The senses tell the Tri-Apsed Triclinium

A large banquet hall

The Latifundium

Pars Fructuaria e Pars Rustica

The mosaics of the late antiquity residence

A hidden meaning

The possible celebration of a solemn event

The protagonists of the mosaics

The golden age: hypotheses about the villa’s period of construction and clues

The public rooms of the Villa

A small room represents one of the activities of the thermal bath route

The mansio of Philosophiana. A stopping place

The senses tell the monumental entrance

A view of the race from the imperial gallery

Form of greeting or ritual?

The protagonists of the mosaic and the military themed frescoes

The senses tell the massage room

The capture of wild animals for the roman amphitheatre games

The senses tell the room in the private apartment known as “small hunt”

The marble from the regions of the empire to decorate the basilica

Criteria for including Piazza Armerina in the WHL

The prestige of the dominus is revealed through the wall frescoes

A large colonnaded portico, a place of connection between the rooms

Solemn and majestic architecture to welcome a high-ranking commissioner

The apotheosis of Hercules

The senses tell the bi-apsed ambulatory – Corridor of the “Great Hunt”

The myth of Orpheus

The realistic depiction of a spa procession with a high-ranking female figure

The room of the seasons

A decoration that marks time

The Mansio, a stopping place

An official ceremony to welcome the Dominus

A chariot race, set in the circus Maximus of Rome, connects the villa to the city and centre of power

The senses tell the Sacellum of the Lares

The rural sacrifice

The senses tell the Bi-Apsed room

The main nuclei of the Domus

A room dedicated to the sea

Outdoor breakfast

A dialogue between mythological and realistic scenes

The senses tell the Quadrangular Peristyle

Banquets and panegyrics enlivened the vast hall, against the background of a floor mosaic celebrating the feats of Hercules

The senses tell the Vestibule

The senses tell the private entrance to the spa

An eloquent symbol: the signum

Is the profile of the dominus hidden among the scenes depicted in the mosaics?

Auspicious symbols and perhaps the initials of the commissioner’s name decorate the mosaic of the apsidal room

The Mansio of Sophiana

The public and private rooms of the villa

The senses tell the frigidarium

High-ranking characters depicted in the mosaics of the apsidal niches of the frigidarium

The senses tell the Basilica

The layout of the rooms

The paths of virus, a reflection of the Dominus

Worship of the Lares

The Latifundium

A small room used as a privileged entrance to the baths

A small room embellished with marble