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