Photo gallery

Photo gallery

The possible celebration of a solemn event

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