Villa Romana del Casale
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Literature on the Villa
Andrea Carandini: Filosofiana: la villa di Piazza Armerina: immagine di un aristocratico romano al tempo di Constantino, 2 vol, Flaccovio, Palermo, 1982. Also in English. (Volume 2 is a collection of pictures of almost every mosaic and fresco, even the ones the normal visitor cannot see.)
Jerôme Carcopino: Daily Life in Ancient Rome: The People and the City at the Height of the Empire, Yale University Press, 1960 (orig: Paris, 1939). Order from Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk.
Filippo Coarelli, Mario Torelli (eds.): Guide Archeologiche Laterza, Sicilia, Laterza, Bari, 2000.
Margaret Guido: Sicily: An Archaeological Guide: The Prehistoric and Roman Remains and the Greek Cities, Faber & Faber, 1977. Order from Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk.
Gino Vinicio Gentili: The Imperial Villa of Piazza Armerina, Tipografia dello Stato, Rome, 1956 (tourist guide).
Gino Vinicio Gentili: La villa Erculia di Piazza Armerina. I mosaici figurati", Rome, 1959.
Biagio Pace: I mosaici di Piazza Armerina, Casini, Rome, 1955.
Antonino Ragona: Il proprietario della Villa romana di Piazza Armerina, Caltagirone, 1962.
R. J. A. Wilson: Piazza Armerina, University of Texas Press, 1983. (In English, highly recommended). Order from Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk.
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Literature on Ancient Mosaics
Katherine M. D. Dunbabin: Mosaics of the Greek and Roman World, Cambridge University Press, 2001. Order from Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk.
Roger Ling: Ancient Mosaics, Princeton University Press, 1998. Order from Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk.
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This article has been split into 8 separate sections. Use the menu below to jump to another section.
- Introduction
- How the Villa Was Used in Antiquity
- The Name of the Villa and its Owner
- The Mosaics
- Statues, Wall Painting and Other Decorative Elements
- Visiting the Villa Romana del Casale
- Literature and Links
- Photographs
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Documents contained within "Villa Romana del Casale":
- Aqueducts - The water supply of the villa
- Atrium - An atrium with portico and fountains
- Atrium of the Fishing Cupids - The atrium of the larger private apartment
- Corridor of the Great Hunt - Mosaic with magnificent scenes of hunts for live animals
- Cubicle of Children Hunting - The bedroom of the lady of the house
- Cubicle of Choruses and Actors - Probably the bedroom of the owner of the villa
- Cubicle of Fruits - Bedroom with geometric mosaic and wall paintings
- Cubicle with Erotic Mosaic - Bedroom with geometric mosaic and wall paintings
- Elliptical Peristyle - A secondary peristyle for the invited guests
- Entrance - Main entrance to the villa complex
- Great Basilica - The central hall in the villa.
- Guest room with geometric mosaic - Cubicle with antechamber and simple mosaics
- Hall of Arion - A splendid hall with the legend of the poet Arion
- Hall of Orpheus - Living room with mosaic of Orpheus playing for the animals
- Internal latrine - A private latrine inside the villa
- Latrine - The larger latrine of the villa
- Octagonal Latrine - External latrine behind the main buildings of the villa
- Passage from the corridor to the elliptical peristyle
- Passage from the peristyle to the elliptical peristyle
- Peristyle - The central open space in a Roman house
- Room of the Dance - Cubicle with mosaics of dancing women
- Room of the Fishing Cupids - Cubicle with cute mosaic and remains of wall painting
- Room of the Little Hunt - Living room with scenes of hunting and offering to Diana
- Room of the Seasons - Room with geometric mosaics with allegories of the four seasons
- Room with Girls in Bikini - Mosaic of girls dressed in bikini-like costumes
- Service rooms with geometric mosaics - Offices, work rooms and kitchen
- Tablinum - Room for welcoming the guests
- Thermal baths - The bathing complex of the villa
- Triclinium - Dining-room with Herculian mosaics
- Vestibule of Eros and Pan - Room with mosaic of a fist-fight between Eros and Pan
- Vestibule of Polyphemus - Mosaic with Ulysses offering wine to Polyphemus
- Vestibule of the Small Circus - Room with mosaics of children playing race track
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- Opus Sectile - Decoration of inlay of polychrome stones (Architecture, Lexicon)
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