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