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Monumentum

Mithréum de Vieu

Discovered beneath the church of Vieu-en-Valromey in 1869, this Mithraeum formed part of the monumental religious centre of ancient Venetonimagus.
Incrition of Caius Rufius VirilisThe New Mithraeum / @andreu.abuin (CC BY-SA)
 
The New Mithraeum
2 Jun 2021
Updated on Jun 2026
Mithraeum, discovered under the Church in Vieux-en-Val-Romey (1869).
’Les fouilles, commencées près du chevet de l’edifice, dans la direction du levant, n’ont montre d’abord qu’une effroyable pêle-mêle de fondations, de tuiles rebords, de briques, de debris calcines. En continuant, on arrive aune construction en petit appareil de la plus grande régularité, qui se trouve être un edifice quadrilateral, ayant sa façade tournée au midi, long de 10.60 sur 1.40 de large. Un second quadrilatere s’est montre sur tout Ie perimetre du premier. II y a plus: l’air de cette…

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