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| Susan | profile | all galleries >> Morocco 2007 >> Volubilis | tree view | thumbnails | slideshow |
 House of Venus (marked by a single cypress tree) |
 Diana and the Bathing Nymphs (House of Venus) |
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 the Decumanus, linking Tangier Gate and the Triumphal Arch |
 Tangier Gate, the only out of a total of eight which remains standing |
 off the street are the ruins of many fine houses, the fronts are rented to shopkeepers |
 Gordian Palace |
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 Knight's House |
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 a mosaic with vignettes of most of the Labors of Hercules (House of the Labours of Hercules) |
 Birth of Hercules |
 youth Hercules |
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 Hercules' 5th Labour |
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 columns with twisted fluting and composit capitals |
 a huge peristyle courtyard with a circular pool (House of Columns) |
 Triumphal Arch |
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 plantations of cereals and olive trees |
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 the Chariot Jumper (House of the Athlete) |
 Basilica |
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 The Capitol of the original building; only the foundations remain |
 birdies making their home on the columns |
 on their guard |
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 columns of differing styles, including spirals (House of Columns) |
 reconstruction of an olive press, showing the baskets used for pressing the olives |
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 Orpheus strumming his lyre (House of Orpheus) |
 columns with twisted fluting & composite capitals (House of Columns) |
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