Mithraeum of Sofia

A temple of Mithras is known from the fortified area of the ancient city of Serdica (18.50 x 6.50 m) (Герасимов 1943, 257, № 2; Бобчев 1943, 24, № 26; 1955; 1989, 38, № 6). It consists of three parallel rooms – two side ones shorter and narrower, the southern arched (Clauss 2000, obr. 12). Here, however, no underground part was unearthed, which is the actual premise of these complexes (Велков 1934, 84). In the northern part a semicircular pool faces the central premise. Water tanks were also found. The western wall is massive, with two small semicircular niches

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