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Restored thanks to the American Research Center in Egypt and inaugurated in January 2001, this Roman villa had been built over by the Byzantines in the late 5C. The flooring is decorated with beautiful mosaics, mostly dating from Hadrian's reign. Stunningly life-like depictions of animals and birds grace an opus sectile composing geometrical forms of small white and black squares. This "carpet" style was very popular in Alexandrian villas.
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Things to see and donearby
- The Green Guide56 m - Sh. Patrice Lumumba, Alexandrie
- The Green Guide547 m - Sharie El-Mathaf 5, Alexandrie
- The Green Guide708 m - Place Saad Zaghloul, Alexandrie
More tourist attractions in El Atareen
Where to sleepnearby
- From US$20Alexander The Great Hotel850 m - 5 Oskofia Street Beside the Greek Church in front of Saint Catherine's School, El Mansheya El Soghra, Alexandria
- From US$20Triomphe Hostel870 m - 26 El Ghorfa El Togaria St.- Raml Station, Alexandria
- From US$11Transit Alexandria Hostel887 m - 1 Gamal El Deen Yassin, Raml Station, Alexandria
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