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Monumentum

Mithraeum at Pohanica

Small Mithraic sanctuary found in the slope of a ravine called Zlodjer (Devil's Ditch) at Ober-Pohanica near Zdole, Noricum; the finds are among the finest marble Mithraic sculpture from the eastern Alpine provinces.
 
The New Mithraeum
28 May 2026
In Ober-Pohanica (Zgornje Pohanca) near Zdole, 6 km North of the railway station of Rann a small Mithraeum was found in the slope of a ravine, the so-called "Zlodjer" = "Teufelsgraben". The monuments are in Graz, Joanneum. Dr. W. Modrijan gave permission for new photographs to be taken.W. Schmid, Das Mithrasheiligtum von Pohanica bei Rann an der Save in Schild von Steier, Beiträge zur steirischen vor- und Frühgeschichte I, 1945, 10ff with plan fig. 2.The sanctuary is situated in a grotto under a slightly projecting rock. Its entrance now lies 1.80 mtrs. above the actual ground-level of the ravine…

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