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Mithréum d’Orbe-Boscéaz

The site of Orbe-Boscéaz, Switzerland, also known as Boscéay, is renowned for its mosaics and mithraic temple.

The New Mithraeum

18 May 2021

Updated on Dec 2023

The archaeological Boscéaz site consists of five pavilions that house the richest collection of Roman mosaics in Switzerland. The mosaics come from a Gallo-Roman villa built mainly between 160 and 180 AD, which included private baths and a temple dedicated to Mithras.

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