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