The history of the city of Piazza(Armerina was added in 1862) it has beginning in the Norman period, but its territory was inhabited since the prehistory, as they shows the archaeological recoveries of Mountain Navone and, above all, of Mountain of March. The city had to be flourishing in Roman epoch, as is testified from the splendid “Villa Romana del Casale” of the beginning of the IV century, with its floors in mosaic famous all over the world. During the centuries has suffered alternate stories, but has often developed political roles of prestige and her cultural and economic life she has always been particularly active, so much to bring upon themselves the appellative of "opulent city" from the emperor Charles V. Piazza Armerina (721 meters.u.s.l. - ab. 22.000 ca.) it is an ideal city for the one who wants to spend a pleasant vacation to the insignia of the relax and the culture. It is, in fact, a happy match between the work of the nature and the intervention of the man. Around 20.000 hectares of greens and luxuriant woods they mitigate the climate of it during the warm summer days and ideal places of vacation. She is also an interesting city of art and its numerous monuments represent an inestimable cultural patrimony.

For additional informations about Piazza Armerina visit http://www.piazzaarmerina.org