Piazza Armerina (Enna), new excavations and researches at Villa del Casale

In the summer of 2022, a new research initiative was launched at the Villa del Casale in Piazza Armerina, arising from a collaboration between the Archaeological Park and the University of Bologna-CISEM, with contributions from CNR-ISPC, the University of Enna “Kore,” and the University of South Florida. The project focused on the villa’s western sector, an area that had remained largely unexplored, yielding new insights into its history from the Late Byzantine to the Arab-Norman period. Additionally, it sought to systematise existing documentation and reassess previous research. The excavations conducted between 2022 and 2024, carried out within the ramework of the Summer School ArchLABS through the support of the Erasmus BIP, Erasmus+, and UNIBO Alma Scavi programs, were coordinated by the University of Bologna. The findings offer fresh perspectives on the villa’s historical trajectory and patterns of settlement development up to the medieval period.