House of the bathing

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  MOROCCO    VOLUBILIS   

HOUSE OF THE BATHING NYMPHES 

This house is called so due to the mosaic representing Diana,the goddess of the Hunt,bathing with nymphes.The same mosaic ornates one of rooms in the house called the house of Venus in Volubilis.






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