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| IPTC INFO | | Caption | Villa Romana del Casale is a Roman villa located about 5km outside the town of Piazza Armerina. It contains the richest largest and most complex collection of Roman mosaics in the world.[1] It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Plan Plan Famous "bikini girls" mosaic showing women exercising Famous "bikini girls" mosaic showing women exercising "Bikini girl" mosaic "Bikini girl" mosaic The Villa was constructed on the remains of an older villa in the first quarter of the fourth century A.D. probably as the center of a huge latifundium covering the entire surrounding area. How long the villa kept this role is not known maybe for less that 150 years but the complex remained inhabited and a village grew around it named Platia derived from the word palatium palace. It was damaged maybe destroyed during the domination of the Vandals and the Visigoths but the buildings remained in use at least in part during the Byzantine and Arab period. The site was finally abandoned for good when a landslide covered the villa in the 12th century AD and remaining inhabitants moved to the current location of Piazza Armerina. The existence of the villa was almost entirely forgotten some of the tallest parts have always been above ground and the area used for cultivation. Pieces of mosaics and some columns were found early in the 19th century | | Headline | The bikini girls. Roman mosaic in the Villa Romana del Casale | | Copyright Notice | wiki/Villa_Romana _del_Casale | | URL | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villa_Romana_del_Casale |
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