IDNO

T.152945.RPT

Description

View of ruins at Villa Romana del Casale. A colonnaded garden in the centre, with structures around it. A round roofed building in the background. There are trees and mountains in the background. [IJ 24/01/2023]

Place

S Europe; Italy; Sicily; Enna; Piazza Armerina; Villa Romana del Casale [Sicilia]

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Poignant, Axel

Collector / Expedition

Date

1957 - 1958

Collection Name

Poignant Collection

Source

Poignant, Roslyn

Format

Colour Transparency

Primary Documentation

Other Information

T.152858.RPT - T.153307.RPT were located in the drawer file of transparency sheets, numbered C1022/.

T.152940.RPT - T.152962.RPT were located in a transparency sheet, numbered C1022/5.

Bibliographic reference: The peristyle (with the triclinium [dining room] in the background, left). "A large, colonnaded portico, which is the centre of the villa, and is decorated by a garden and a three-basin fountain. The various residential spaces can be reached from the encircling corridor, watched over by the heads of wild animals that populate the mosaic floor." Cantamessa, G. (2013) La Villa Romana del Casale di Piazza Armerina. Palermo: Kalós, page 103. [Translated from Italian by Isabella Jakobsen, 04/10/2022]