Gran mitreo de Mérida

Although a temple dedicated to Mithras has not yet been found in this area, Javier Alvar believes that the great Mithraeum of Mérida could have been located here, given the large number of Mithraic monuments that have been exhumed.

Below is a translation of his remarks from his book Mitra en Hispania: Mitra en Hispania:

'I have included in this section, independently, a series of materials found in Mérida during the excavations of 1926 and 1927, because they provide convincing evidence that the mithraeum from which the collection hidden in the Cerro de San Albín was taken could have b…