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| | Villa Romana del Casale, Piazza Armerina [Introduction - part 1 of 8] (Photo Archive) |
 | | The villa was a single-story building, centred around the peristyle, around which almost all the main public and private rooms were organised. |
 | | The higher ground to the east is occupied by the Great Basilica, the private apartments and the Corridor of the Great Hunt, the middle ground by the Peristyle, guest rooms, the entrance area, the Elliptical Peristyle and the Triclinium, while the lower ground to the west is dedicated to the thermal baths. |
 | | The primary axis is the (slightly bend) line that passes from the atrium, tablinum, peristyle and the great basilica (coinciding with the path visitors would follow), while the thermal baths and the elliptical peristyle with the triclinium are centred on separate axes. |
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