Roman Villa and Medieval Settlement at Piazza Armerina
settlement · 30 BC – 2100 AD
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.
- Coordinates
- 37.36472, 14.33472
- Also known as
- Casale Villasi, Casale Villası, Kazales romenu vila, Kazales romiesu villa, Kazales romiešu villa, Kazalės romėnų vila, Vila Romana del Casale, Vila Romana del Kazale, Vila Romana ntel Kazale, Vila del Kazale, Villa Romana del Casale, Villa Romana del Casale (it), Villa Romana del Casale (it), Villa Romana del' Kazale
- Dating
- attested
Sources
- Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
- Wikidata · CC0 1.0Wikidata (CC0)
- GeoNames · CC BY 4.0© GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
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