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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 Roman mosaics which, according to the Grove Dictionary of Art , are the richest, largest and most varied collection that remains, [ 1 ] for which ...
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The use of water in such prestigious banquet buildings is known in Claudius' triclinium-nymphaeum of Punta Epitaffio in Baiae and the villa del Casale of Piazza Armerina. There are three entrances, a central "official" one with a large brick arch, for use by the owner and his guests, and two side ones, minor and service, probably used by the ...
In the Middle Ages, a casalis or casale (Medieval Latin and Italian; Old French and Old Spanish casal), plural casalia (casali, casales), was "a cluster of houses in a rural setting". [1] The word is not classical Latin , but derives from the Latin word casa , meaning "house".
The sense of motion, realism and the great freedom in the arrangement of the scenes and the wise use of colour distinguish this amazing mosaic. The scenes are reminiscent of the mosaics in the Villa Romana del Casale near Piazza Armerina. However, this mosaic has more stylised figures and two-dimensional, uncertain proportions, making the ...
Casale Maggiore, former name of Casalmaggiore in the province of Cremona, Lombardy; Casale Marittimo in the province of Pisa, Tuscany; Casale Monferrato in the province of Alessandria, Piedmont Casale F.B.C., an association football club; Casale sul Sile in the province of Treviso, Veneto; Conca Casale, in the province of Isernia, Molise
The Villa of Gerace (or Geraci; Italian: Villa Romana di contrada Gerace) is a Roman villa located near Enna along provincial road 78 at the Rastello-Ramata junction, on the Fontanazza estate, Sicily. [1] The elaborate villa was part of a rich estate covering 3.5 ha, one of the many historically reported but rarely excavated latifundia on