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