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