Architecture Around the World ............... Sicily
Villa del Casale
Piazza Amerina, Sicily
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Miscellaneous facts:
- Built 3-4th century AD
- 12th century flood buried the villa in mud
- Discovered in the late 19th century.
- Largest amount of Roman mosaics in a single building: 3500 square feet of mosaics by Tunisian craftsmen
- Tesserae are colored stones, 1 cm in width
