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Situated in
the middle of Sicily is the city of the mosaics and of
the palio race.
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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.
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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.
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