The particular location of the sacellum located in the peristyle of the Villa Romana del Casale underlines a precise choice that, compared to other destinations, aims to exalt the value of its gens through an architecturally elaborate and solemn structure. . The worship of the Lares, deities worship...
Auspicious symbols and perhaps the initials of the commissioner’s name decorate the mosaic of the apsidal room
The mosaic decoration of the sacellum larum has a broken meander cornice, which encloses a well-preserved polychrome geometric design, distinguished by an eight-pointed star.In the centre, a laurel wreath frames an ivy leaf, which in the past was considered to be a symbol of good luck. It is reminis...
In the western portico of the quadrangular peristyle that surrounds the spaces of the inner nucleus of the late antiquity domus, there is a snug and square-shaped apsidal room used as a sacellum, attributed to the worship of the Lares, i.e. a place generally small in size marked by the presence of a...
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.
