Monumentum
Mitreo de Cabra
The Mithraeum of Cabra is located in the Villa del Mitra, which owes its name to the discovery in 1951 of a Mithras tauroctonus in the remains of the Roman villa.
Mithraeum of Cabra, view from entrance
Jaime Alvar
Mithraeum of Cabra, view from the back
Jaime Alvar
Mitra de Cabra (Códoba)
Museo Arqueológico y Etnológico de Córdoba
The New Mithraeum
5 Jun 2009
Updated on Mar 2024
During the third archaeological campaign in the Villa del Mitra, at the end of 2022, the municipal archaeological team of Cabra, led by Antonio Moreno Rosa, found a room suitable for the Mithraic cult.
The discovery was presented in February 2023, coinciding with a Mithraic conference at the Municipal Museum.
Since the discovery of the tauroctony of Cabra in 1951, the hypothesis that there must have been a temple in the domus had been considered. Two areas remained to be excavated, one to the north-west, where the foundations of the baths were found, and the other to the south,
The discovery was presented in February 2023, coinciding with a Mithraic conference at the Municipal Museum.
Since the discovery of the tauroctony of Cabra in 1951, the hypothesis that there must have been a temple in the domus had been considered. Two areas remained to be excavated, one to the north-west, where the foundations of the baths were found, and the other to the south,
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