Villa Romana at Piazza Armerina

This trip was a few weekends ago, but I am just now getting around to posting the pictures. We visited a town called Piazza Armerina in Enna (a province south and west of Catania in the center of the island) where there is a Roman Villa with the most extensive and intact collection of Roman mosaics in the world. It's pretty unreal and especially amazing considering the location of this villa (pretty much in the middle of nowhere although at one time there was a canal that ran past the estate). It's also huge and rivals any of the larger homes found at Pompeii. Excavations are ongoing, so there were several sections of the home we were unable to view. The Italians have erected this glass and metal structure over the villa to protect it from the elements and also allow visitors to tour the home without actually walking on the mosaics (hello Pompeii, are you listening?).

Afterwards we visited an agriturismo outside of town for a long Italian lunch.