Mosaics at the Roman Villa near Piazza Armerina and a night out in Cefalu
October 25th 2010 The ruins at Megara Hyblaea provided a fantastic start to another day of exploring the wonders of Sicily. Next we journeyed inland to Piazza Armerina, famous for a Roman Villa with marvelous mosaics.
The Villa Romana del Casale, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, was built in the first quarter of the 4th century A.D. and is best known for containing the largest collection of stunningly detailed Roma
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Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... ... read more 
