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Monumentum

Mithréum de Bourg-Saint-Andéol

The Mithréum de Bourg-Saint-Andéol was built against a rock where the main Tauroctony was chiseled.
  • Tarjeta postal de Bourg-saint-Andéol.

    Tarjeta postal de Bourg-saint-Andéol. 

  • Plano general del relieve del antiguo mitreo de Bourg-Saint-Andéol.

    Plano general del relieve del antiguo mitreo de Bourg-Saint-Andéol.
    The New Mithraeum / Raymond HUGUES 

  • Plan of the mithraeum at Bourg St Andéol by F. Revoil (1854). The tauroctony was at the end of the dotted line.

    Plan of the mithraeum at Bourg St Andéol by F. Revoil (1854). The tauroctony was at the end of the dotted line.
    F. Revoil 

  • Tauroctony relief of Bourg-Saint-Andéol

    Tauroctony relief of Bourg-Saint-Andéol
    The New Mithraeum / Raymond Hugues 

  • Tauroctony relief of Bourg-Saint-Andéol

    Tauroctony relief of Bourg-Saint-Andéol
    The New Mithraeum / Raymond Hugues 

  • Monumentos mitríacos en Bourg-St-Andéol y Arles (Francia)

    Monumentos mitríacos en Bourg-St-Andéol y Arles (Francia)
    The New Mithraeum / Andreu Abuín (CC BY-SA) 

  • Tauroctony relief of Bourg-Saint-Andéol

    Tauroctony relief of Bourg-Saint-Andéol
    The New Mithraeum / Raymond Hugues 

  • Postal del bajo relieve de Bourg-St-Andéol

    Postal del bajo relieve de Bourg-St-Andéol 

 
 
The New Mithraeum
2 Jun 2009
Updated on Nov 2022
 

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A rock, situated not far to the West of Bourg-Saint-Andéol.

From various, often unreliable and scarce data, we may yet safely accept, that it really is the back-part of a Mithraeum. The rockface, in which the relief has been chiseled out forms the back-wall of the sanctuary, which lies against the mountain. Above the relief two grooves are hewn out, creating the impression, that the roof had been fitted into them. Of the sanctuary itself nothing was found back. At the foot of the rock, there are two fountains, the water of which pours out into two basins. Between the springs there were,

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Relief de Bourg-Saint-Andéol

The low relief of Bourg-Saint-Andéol depicting Mithras killing the bull has been chiseled on the rock.