Monumentum
Mithréum d’Angers
The Mithraeum of Angers, excavated during a preventive operation and subsequently dismantled in 2010, yielded numerous objects, including coins, oil lamps, and a ceramic vessel bearing a votive inscription to the invincible god Mithras.
Entrance to the residential complex built over the site of the mithraeum excavated in 2010.
The New Mithraeum / Andreu Abuín (CC BY-NC-SA)
General view o the site where the Mithraeum of Angers has been found
Hervé Paitier/Inrap
Entrance to the residential complex built over the site of the mithraeum excavated in 2010.
The New Mithraeum / Andreu Abuín (CC BY-NC-SA)
Head of Mithras recovered in Angers
Ouest France - Claudine Quiblier
Goblet of Angers
Inrap
The New Mithraeum
8 May 2010
Updated on Feb 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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