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