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