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A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture | 2000 | | Â© A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture 2000, originally published by Oxford University Press 2000. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

hypogaeum, hypogeum.
1. Antique building or part of a building below ground, i.e. a cellar, basement, etc.

2. Underground rock-cut or built tomb with niches for cremated remains or loculi for bodies. Smaller than catacombs, it was usually intended for one family or group.

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