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Mosaic with the Cyclops Polyphemus and the nymph of the sea Galatea, discovered in 1959 during excavation work under the Plaza de la Corredera in Cordoba, Spain. The mosaic dates to the 2nd century CE.
Salón de los Mosaicos (Hall of Mosaics) in the Alcazar of the Christian Monarchs.
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