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