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