Our 2013 Holiday
In Sicily
Piazza Armerina is located in central Sicily, north of the Villa Romano three kilometers and dates back to 11th century during the a Norman domination of Sicily, when the destroyed city by the Norman William I of Sicily was rebuilt and repopulated by Lombards by William II. |
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Our 2013 HolidayIn Sicily |
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Villa Romano del Casale is the Roman villas built in the 4th century and the most complex collection of Roman mosaics. |
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The city of Piazza Armerina is best known for Villa Romano del Casale, located just three kilometers out of town. 
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There are ten bikini girls, most involved in some sort of athletic activity and this mosiac floor was placed over an earlier floor: below the upper left corner of the mosaic of the bikini girls is another floor with mosaic. 
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The peristyle was the central part of the Villa Romano with access to the various part of the villa and was a trapezoidal shape measuring 40 meter, 30 meters, 38 meters, and 31 meters with 36 columns. Outside the columns are mosaics with the heads of various animals. 
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