HERITAGE RECORD · 832

Villa Romana del Casale

卡萨尔的罗马别墅

The official record, selection criteria and sourced cultural context.

World Heritage record

Roman exploitation of the countryside is symbolized by the Villa Romana del Casale (in Sicily), the centre of the large estate upon which the rural economy of the Western Empire was based. The villa is one of the most luxurious of its kind. It is especially noteworthy for the richness and quality of the mosaics which decorate almost every room; they are the finest mosaics in situ anywhere in the Roman world.

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Wikidata reference

QIDQ505617 ↗

Area3500 ha

Administrative areaQ56208

WikipediaVilla Romana del Casale ↗

Chinese Wikipedia卡薩爾的古羅馬別墅 ↗

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Selection criteria

This property was inscribed under the following World Heritage Convention criteria.

(i)A masterpiece of human creative genius.

(ii)An important interchange of human values in architecture, technology, arts, town planning or landscape design.

(iii)A unique or exceptional testimony to a cultural tradition or civilisation.

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Roman exploitation of the countryside is symbolized by the Villa Romana del Casale (in Sicily), the centre of the large estate upon which the rural economy of the Western Empire was based.

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