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