House of the amphitheatre, Merida, Extremadura, Spain

House of the amphitheatre, excavated in the 1960s, on the San Albin hill, in Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, in Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The house contains a peristyle surrounding an internal garden (seen here) and a cosmological mosaic with allegorical representations of the elements of nature with Eon. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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House of the amphitheatre, excavated in the 1960s, on the San Albin hill, in Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, in Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The house contains a peristyle surrounding an internal garden (seen here) and a cosmological mosaic with allegorical representations of the elements of nature with Eon. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen