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