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