The Villa Romana del Casale – Piazza Armerina
Visit the Archaeological area of Piazza Armerina from Taormina, full day tour, duration 6 hours.
The Villa, under UNESCO protection since 1997, belonged to a member of the Roman senatorial aristocracy, perhaps a Roman governor (Praefectus Urbi), although some scholars argue that it was instead built and expanded on direct imperial commission. In terms of its beauty and complexity, it can be considered one of the most important examples of a state residence in the context of its contemporaries in the Roman West. The high profile of its patron is eloquently celebrated through an iconographic program that was stylistically influenced by African culture and unfolds in rich compositions decorating an impressive number of the rooms, both public and private in nature.
Starting in 2006, the site has been the subject of a systematic conservation recuperation intervention, the guidelines for which were written by High Commissioner Vittorio Sgarbi and implemented by the Regional Authority for Cultural Heritage, with funding from the European Union, on the plan of Guido Meli, Director of Works. The intervention concerns around 3000 square meters of mosaic and opus sectile pavement and numerous polychrome wall paintings, as well as the three-dimensional reconfiguration of the spaces. Different formal and material methods were adopted in order to best preserve and use this residence, considered one of the most prestigious monumental testimonies to antiquity in the Mediterranean.
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