My Photos: Italy -- Mosaics -- Sicily -- Piazza Armerina


Piazza Armerina is a town in eastern central Sicily which dates to the 8th century BC. 

The Villa Romana del Casale is an extremely large villa dating from the 3rd century AD.  There is some speculation that this villa was owned by Roman Emperor Maximianus Herculius.  It was an elaborate villa with lavish mosaic and fresco decoration, much of which remains.

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My Photos: Italy -- Mosaics -- Sicily -- Piazza Armerina -- Entrance Courtyard



My Photos: Italy -- Sicily -- Piazza Armerina -- Entrance Vestibule



My Photos: Italy -- Mosaics -- Sicily -- Piazza Armerina -- Peristyle Courtyard



My Photos: Italy -- Mosaics -- Sicily -- Piazza Armerina -- Trapezoidal Vestibule






My Photos: Italy -- Mosaics -- Sicily -- Piazza Armerina -- The Room of the Dance

Guest Bedroom


My Photos: Italy -- Mosaics -- Sicily -- Piazza Armerina -- The Four Seasons Mosaic

Guest Bedroom


My Photos: Italy -- Mosaics -- Sicily -- Piazza Armerina -- The Cupid Fishermen Mosaic

Guest Triclinium (Dining Room)


My Photos: Italy -- Mosaics -- Sicily -- Piazza Armerina -- The Room of the Little Hunt Mosaic

Guest Room


My Photos: Italy -- Mosaics -- Sicily -- Piazza Armerina -- Servant & Utilitarian Rooms


My Photos: Italy -- Mosaics -- Sicily -- Piazza Armerina -- Servant & Utilitarian Rooms


My Photos: Italy -- Mosaics -- Sicily -- Piazza Armerina -- The Hall of the Great Hunt



My Photos: Italy -- Mosaics -- Sicily -- Piazza Armerina -- Private Apartment Rooms

possibly for servants of the domina


My Photos: Italy -- Mosaics -- Sicily -- Piazza Armerina -- The Mosaic of Ten Girls Wearing Bikinis

possibly a Gymnasium for the Daughters of the Family


My Photos: Italy -- Mosaics -- Sicily -- Piazza Armerina -- The Orpheus Mosaic

possibly a Music Room


My Photos: Italy -- Mosaics -- Sicily -- Piazza Armerina -- Arcade & Courtyard



My Photos: Italy -- Mosaics -- Sicily -- Piazza Armerina -- Cubicle of Musicians & Actors Mosaic





My Photos: Italy -- Mosaics -- Sicily -- Piazza Armerina -- The Room of the Arion Mosaic



Some mosaics are missing from this collection.  We were unable to view many of the private apartment rooms/mosaics, including the Vestibule of Hercules and Polyphemus, and the Cubicle of the Fruit Mosaic.  We will need to make a return trip!






All photos are copyright protected property of  Brenda Pokorny unless otherwise noted.
If you would like permission for use, please contact me.



Piazza Armerina Mosaics, Morgantina and Venus published by OGB Officina Grafica Bolognese S.r.l., 2014, ISBN:  9788860781888 was my reference for the information included in these photo pages.





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