Temples of Mithras

The Mithraeum of Cyrene is preserved among the remarkable ruins of the ancient capital of the Roman province of Cyrene.

Libya

This shrine developed towards the end of 2nd century and remained active until beginning 4th.

Israel

The name of the Mithraeum of the Seven Gates refers to the doors depicted in the mosaic that decorates the floor, symbolising the seven planets through which the souls of the initiates have to pass.

CIMRM 287

Italy

The Mithraeum of the Seven Spheres is of great importance for the understanding of the cult, because of its black-and-white mosaics depicting the planets, the zodiac and related elements.

CIMRM 239

Italy

The temple contained hundreds of ceramic vessels and animal bones, which may indicated that a grand Mithraic feast was celebrated before its closing.

Belgium

The Mithras temple of Prilep is in a small grotto under the castle of Markovi-Kuli.

CIMRM 2341

North Macedonia

A possible Mithraeum II was found in Bingen, but the few remains are not sufficient to prove it.

CIMRM 1245

Germany

The Dunaújváros Mithraeum was discovered in 1973.

Hungary

The Mithraeum of Slaveni was discovered in 1837 on the right bank of the river Olt, in Romanati district.

Romania

The Mithraeum of Martigny is the first temple devoted to Mithras found in Switzerland.

Switzerland

The Housesteads Mithraeum is an underground temple, now burried, discovered in 1822 in a slope of the Chapel Hill, outside of the Roman Fort at the Hadrian's Wall.

CIMRM 852

United Kingdom

Only a small part of the Neuenheim Mithraeum has been excavated.

CIMRM 1282

Germany

The Mithraeum of Sutri was built inside a rocky hill that also hosted the Roman theatre of the city.

CIMRM 653

Italy

The Mithraeum of Vulci is remarkable because of his high benches and the arches below them.

Italy

The Mithraeum of Spoleto was found in 1878 by the professor Fabio Gori on behalf of Marquis Filippo Marignoli, owner of the land.

CIMRM 673

Italy

The city of Hatra was famed for its fusion of several civilization cults, which several temples devoted to gods from all Indo-European world.

Iraq