SICILY (ITALY): 5 AMAZING PLACES WHERE YOU WILL BE OVERAWED BY HISTORY
#1 PIAZZA ARMERINA (ENNA): THE METRO-GOLDWYN MAYER'S LION AND THE SPICY BIKINI GIRLS ON THE VILLA ROMANA DEL CASALE'S MOSAICS Piazza Armerina and the Roman Villa del Casale are lying 100 km east of Agrigento in Southern Sicily, and they are one of those spectacular sites in Sicily that you definitely can't miss! Piazza Armerina near Enna (Sicily) is quite a gem in itself! In the Villa Romana compound @Paul Asman and Jill Lenoble The UNESCO Villa Romana del Casale close to Piazza Armerina @Jos Dielis The most amazing thing (almost I miracle, I would say) is that the mosaics have survived raids, wars, and have impressed visitors for 17 centuries! There's even a sort of Metro Goldwyn Mayer's Holliwood lion as part of thousands of mosaic scenes showing the pasttimes of the Villa's owner and in ancient Rome: no one knows who the boss here was, but - for sure a man of immense wealth - maybe even a Roman emperor. The villa was built