Country side around Piazzo Amerina The 3rd. century AD Casale Romana, a mansion possibly the retirement home for the Emperor Maximillian
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Piazza Amerina flowers
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Villa Romana del Casale - Courtyard of the mansion built in 3rd. century AD
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Circus room with original mosaic of a chariot race at the Circus Maximus and walls. Colums were excavated for churches.
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Owners in welcoming ceremony for guests
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Visitors coming to the Villa
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Geometric mosaic floor
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Animals in the peristyle
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Dancer Mosaic
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Animals in the peristyle surrounded by local foliage and birds
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Original colum capital
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"Small" Hunting Scene with sacrifice to Artemis in the middle register
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Erotes or cupids fishing and riding dolphin
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Geometric floor (public area)
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The Great Hunt - Scenes of exotic animals being captured and loaded in to transports
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Scene of ostrich beng captured and loaded into a boat
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Ostrich bing loaded into a ship
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Ostrich being loaded into a ship
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Scenes of exotic animals being loaded in to transports and disaggrements
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Scenes of exotic animals being loaded in to ships
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Scenes of a happy elephant being loaded into a ship
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Playful elephant
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Bull being loaded into the ship
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Rhinocerus - The mosaic is thought to represent the reach of Rome
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Music Room - Statue of Apollo, masaic represents Orpheus
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Room of the ten girls - Women being awarded circlets and laurel for Gymnastic competition
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Room of the ten girls - Women being awarded circlets and laurel for Gymnastic competition Note the old floor in the top left and the wall paintings
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The Great Hunt
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Triclinium (Dining Room) with the ten labors of Hercules
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A ship from the Great Hunt
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Countryside from a ruined section of the Villa
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Bedchamber with fruit tree
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Scenes of children racing Chariots drawn by birds. Thought to be a nursery
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Xystus (elliptical room) Scenes of Cupids Fishing
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Harves scenes
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Bedchamber - Scenes of children hunting with Peacock
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Children Hunting
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Marine Scene
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