Historical place profile
Roman Villa and Medieval Settlement at Piazza Armerina
The so-called "Villa Romana del Casale" (of Roman date) and the nearby settlement of Piazza Armerina, which seems to have been occupied by survivors from the villa site after it was destroyed in an earthquake in the early middle ages. The villa is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, in part because of its famous mosaics.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:462435
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:462435
- Place type
- settlement, villa
- Coordinates
- 37.364722, 14.334722
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
The so-called "Villa Romana del Casale" (of Roman date) and the nearby settlement of Piazza Armerina, which seems to have been occupied by survivors from the villa site after it was destroyed in an earthquake in the early middle ages. The villa is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, in part because of its famous mosaics.
Geographic evidence
The coordinates are a representative_point_not_boundary. They identify a research anchor and do not by themselves assert an ancient administrative boundary or the full extent of the settlement.
Provenance: Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 47 E4 Piazza Armerina
Source and reuse
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Research path
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