page_title: Villa Romana del Casale
section_title: The Little Hunt
hierarchical_section_title: Villa Romana del Casale / Mosaics / The Little Hunt
caption_attribution_description: Sicily, Villa Romana del Casale
context_page_description: The Villa Romana del Casale is a large and elaborate Roman villa or palace located about 3 km from the town of Piazza Armerina, Sicily. Excavations have revealed one of the richest, largest, and varied collections of Roman mosaics in the world, for which the site has been designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The villa and artwork contained within date to the early 4th century AD.
  The mosaic and opus sectile floors cover some 3,500 sq metres and are almost unique in their excellent state of preservation due to the landslide and floods that covered the remains.
  Although less well-known, an extraordinary collection of frescoes covered not only the interior rooms, but also the exterior walls.
context_section_description: Another well-preserved mosaic shows a hunt, that includes men hunting with dogs and capturing a variety of game.
caption: The Little Hunt mosaic [detail]
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