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Villa Romana del Casale

Italy
Date of Inscription: 1997
Criteria: (i)(ii)(iii)
Piazza Armerina, Province of Enna, Sicily
N37 21 58 E14 20 03
Ref: 832

Brief Description

Roman exploitation of the countryside is symbolized by the Villa Romana del Casale (in Sicily), the centre of the large estate upon which the rural economy of the Western Empire was based. The villa is one of the most luxurious of its kind. It is especially noteworthy for the richness and quality of the mosaics which decorate almost every room; they are the finest mosaics in situ anywhere in the Roman world.