Photo gallery

Photo gallery

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