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