The New Mithraeum
8 May 2010
Updated on May 2026
The excavation and dismantling of the mithraeum took place amid public controversy and criticism from archaeologists and local observers, who warned that no physical trace of the monument would remain once the site was cleared. Despite calls for its conservation or integration into the development, the structure was entirely removed and the site released for private residential construction.The preventive excavation conducted by Inrap archaeologists and led by J. Brodeur on the former Saint-Louis clinic site, in the area of Saint-Laud station, from November 2009 to September 2010…
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