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