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Mithraeum of Sárkeszi

One of the largest known Mithraea in Pannonia, the sanctuary of Sárkeszi stood near the Roman road linking Herculia and Aquincum.
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The New Mithraeum
9 Jan 2024
Updated on May 2026
A Mithraeum found at a distance of about 10 kmtrs S-W of the town of Székesfehérvár in a place called Ságvölgi belonging to the protestant parish of Sárkeszi (distr. Fejér).A. Marosi in Székesfehérvári Szemle II 1932, 64; III, 1933, 10; Nagy in BpR XV, 1950, 47ff and plan fig. 1.The foundations of irregular limestone blocks show that the sanctuary (L. 23.00 Br. 10.00) had the form of a parallelogram. Of the walls only the south wall is preserved. In the pronaos are two small circular holes in the floor evidently for wooden pillars which sustained the roof. East of them were traces of fire…

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