Monumentum
Mithraeum of Bourg-Saint-Andéol
The Mithréum de Bourg-Saint-Andéol was built against a rock where the main Tauroctony was chiseled.
PublishedThe New Mithraeum
2 Jun 2009
Updated on 7 Nov 2022
Tarjeta postal 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.
F. Revoil
Tauroctony relief of Bourg-Saint-Andéol
The New Mithraeum / Raymond Hugues
Tauroctony relief of Bourg-Saint-Andéol
The New Mithraeum / Raymond Hugues
Tauroctony relief of Bourg-Saint-Andéol
The New Mithraeum / Raymond Hugues
Monumentos mitríacos en Bourg-St-Andéol y Arles (Francia)
The New Mithraeum / Andreu Abuín (CC BY-SA)
Postal del bajo relieve de Bourg-St-Andéol
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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.
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.