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