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