Underground room of the House of the Hunt, photograph by Meryem Athimni, Tunisia, 25 April, 2015.
The underground peristyle of the lower floor of the House of the Hunt in Bulla Regia, Tunisia, featuring Corinthian columns. The house had rooms arranged around a peristyle that rested partly on cisterns. An above-ground hunting mosaic, from which the house derives its name, has been left in situ, depicting the owner and his servants on a hunt.
Bulla Regia is famous for its underground villas designed to provide cool interiors during the hot summers, and the House of the Hunt is one example of these residences.
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