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Monumentum

Mithraeum I of Carnuntum

According to the scarcely detailed design of von Sacken, the lay-out of the temple must have been nearly semi-circular.
  • Altar of Carnuntum

    Altar of Carnuntum
    Wien - Kunsthistorisches Museum / Gabrielle Kremer 

  • Altar to Petra Genetrix from Carnuntum

    Altar to Petra Genetrix from Carnuntum
    Ortolf Harl 

  • Altar of Flavius Verecundus from Carnuntum

    Altar of Flavius Verecundus from Carnuntum
    Gabrielle Kremer 

  • Altar of Flavius Verecundus from Carnuntum

    Altar of Flavius Verecundus from Carnuntum
    Gabrielle Kremer 

  • Altar of Flavius Verecundus from Carnuntum

    Altar of Flavius Verecundus from Carnuntum
    Gabrielle Kremer 

  • Altar of Adlectus from Carnuntum

    Altar of Adlectus from Carnuntum
    Ubi Erat Lupa / Ortolf Harl 

 
 
The New Mithraeum
28 May 2007
Updated on Oct 2023
 

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Mithraeum I, found between Bad Deutsch-Altenburg and Petronell, 40 km down the Danube from Vienna (Roman Vindobona), in 1852, in the neighbourhood of a quarry situated on the slope of a steep hill.

According to the scarcely detailed design of von Sacken, the lay-out of the temple must have been nearly semi-circular. Projecting rocks and the occasional artificial addition of masonry and blocks of stone gave the Mithraeum the appearance of a grotto. It is highly probable, that only the half-round apse has been preserved and that the rest of the sanctuary stood before it (Cumont). In this aps…

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