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CASALE ROMAN VILLA

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DESCRIPTION
 
Situated in the middle of Sicily is the city of the mosaics and of the palio race.
The Villa Romana del Casale is located about 5km outside the town of Piazza Armerina. It is the richest, largest and most complex collection of late Roman mosaics in the world. The Villa Romana del Casale is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It was constructed on the remains of an older villa in the first quarter of the fourth century, probably as the centre 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 palatium.
Piazza Armerina is the seat of the famous Palio dei Normanni, a re-enactment in costume of the entrance of Count Roger I in the city and It takes place on 14-15 August.
 
DISTANCE FROM THE PRINCIPE HOTEL CATANIA
 
Piazza Armerina is about 90 KM far from the PRINCIPE HOTEL CATANIA (about 1 hour and 15 minutes)
 
HOW TO GET TO PIAZZA ARMERINA
 
By Car
Tangenziale of Catania, Highway A19 Catania-Palermo, Piazza Armerina - Casale Roman Villa Exit.
 
By Bus (suggested)
Suggested from our receptionist thanks to the good service offered from the company
INTERBUS Lines
Catania-Piazza Armerina Line
Departure from Catania Central Station (2 km far from the hotel), Airport Station and Borsellino Square Station (200 m far from the hotel)
Arrival to Piazza Armerina Terminal Bus
http://www.interbus.it/
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