Villa del Casale
Piazza Amerina, Sicily 
UNESCO World Heritage Site
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The richest, largest and most complex collection of Roman mosaics in the world - 3500 square feet of mosaics by Tunisian craftsmen
Miscellaneous facts:
- Built 3-4th century AD
- 12th century flood buried the villa in mud
- Discovered in the late 19th century.
