Villa Romana del Casale [SEP] located in the administrative territorial entity
Villa Romana del Casale
The Villa Romana del Casale (Sicilian: "Villa Rumana dû Casali") is a large and elaborate Roman villa or palace located about 3 km from the town of Piazza Armerina, Sicily. Excavations have revealed one of the richest, largest, and varied collections of Roman mosaics in the world, for which the site has been designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The villa and artwork contained within date to the early 4th century AD.
The mosaic and "opus sectile" floors
- Villa Romana of Casale.(Italian)
- Some photos of Villa Romana del Casale
- Villa romana del Casale: the "bikini girls"
- The "Mother" found in Megara Hyblaea
- The wooden "throne" found in Verucchio
- An article about the death of Gino Vinicio Gentili ("Giornale di Sicilia",4 August 2006)
- An article from "La Repubblica di Palermo", 8 August 2006
- Regione Marche: remembering Gino Vinicio Gentili
- Comune di Osimo: offering a book in