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