Monumentum
Mitreo di Santa Maria Capua Vetere
The Mithraeum of Santa Maria Capua Vetere preserves frescoes depicting several scenes of the initiation rites.
Mithraeum.eu
19 Jul 2009
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Vista interior del Mitreo de Santa Maria Capua Vetere
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Current entrance to the temple.
Andreu Abuín -
Fresco representando la tauroctonia del Mitreo de Capua
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Relieve procedente del Mitreo de Santa Maria Capua Vetere, con Psyche y Eros.
Mihr* -
Andreu Abuín
Eros leading Psyche -
Estrellas de la bóveda del Mitreo de Santa Maria Capua Vetere
Mihr* -
Fragmento de un fresco del Mitreo de Santa Maria di Capua Vetere
Marco -
Fresco from the initiation ceremony at S. Capua Vetere
Vermaseren / Tertullian.org -
Cautes fresco on Santa Maria Capua Vetere
Jorge Gallo -
CIMRM 182
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Scene of the initiation into the Mithras cult.
CIMRM
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The Mithraeum at Capua is in many respects one of the most important sanctuaries of the Iranian god who in the first centuries of our era conquered the Roman world. It is decorated with fascinating and original paintings by a number of artists, many of them being unique in their kind. The most interesting, however, are the ones on a number of the front panels of the side benches, which revealed a large part of the initiation rites for the first time.
Data
- Location Santa Maria Capua Vetere
- City Santa Maria Capua Vetere
- Country Italy
- Latitude and longitude 14.252140, 41.080050
- Type
- Dimensions H. 349 W. 337 D. 900 cm
- Dating 101
- CIMRM 180
- TNM mmteit000023
Related
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- Monumentum Eros and Psyche
- Monumentum Estrellas del Mitreo de Santa Maria Capua Vetere
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- Monumentum Initiation into the Mithraic cult
- Monumentum Cautes fresco from Mitreo di Santa Maria Capua Vetere
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- Liber Mithriaca I. The Mithraeum at S. Maria Capua Vetere