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