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Sicily

Temple of Concordia with fallen Bronze statue Icarus in front

Rear facing side of the Temple of Concordia

Colini dei Templi

Temple of Zeus

Temple dei Dioscuri

While at a home hosted lunch we were treated to see original hand made Sicilian Carts made by the hosts Grandfather.

The detail was incredible

All hand painted designs

Photo of the Grandfather who created all of them.

Saying goodbye to our hostess who prepared our lunch for us. It was delicious.

A drawing of what the Villa Romana del Casale could have looked like

The Villa Romana del Casale is a large and elaborate Roman villa or palace located about 1 1/2 miles from the town of Piazza Armerina, Sicily. Excavations have revealed one of the richest, largest, and varied collections of Roman mosaics in the world, The villa and artwork contained within date to the early 4th century AD. This area is the thermal baths.

The mosaic floors cover some 37,673 square feet and are unique in their excellent state of preservation due to the landslide and floods that covered the remains. for centuries

The villa was so large as to include multiple reception and state rooms which reflects the need to satisfy a number of different functions and to include spaces for the management of the estate as well as of the villa. This transformed the villa into a city in miniature.

This area would have been the garden decorated with a three-basin fountain, in the center of which decoration featuring fish swimming among the waves can be seen. In the open courtyard were fountains spurting from the mosaic pavement.

The villa was a single-story building, centred on the peristyle, around which almost all the main public and private rooms were organized.

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