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Location:

  • United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Episkopí
  • geo:34.667953,32.882988
  • Location ± 0-5 m.

Class:

  • Building (other)
  • visible

Identifiers:

Annotations

Luxurious private house, so called because of its two mosaic panels depicting gladiators armed with daggers, shields and helmets and fighting in pairs. The north panel represents two gladiators facing each other and ready for the fight.


Relevant museums

Cyprus Museum in Nicosia

Lefkosia. Archeological museum


Nearby

Kourion, House of Achilles

Kourion, House of Achilles

Kourion, Roman baths

Kourion, Roman baths

Kourion, Nympheum

Nympheum at Public Baths


This object was added by Carole Raddato on 2016-01-31. Last update by René Voorburg on 2022-11-25. Persistent URI: http://vici.org/vici/24752 . Download as RDF/XML, KML.
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