Temples of Mithras

A Mithraeum was discovered in 2007, during the excavations at the Zerzevan Castle.

Turkey

After Christianity was adopted, most pagan monuments were destroyed or abandoned. Garni, however, was preserved at the request of the sister of King Tiridates II and used as a summer residence for Armenian royalty.

Armenia

The Nushijan Mithraeum testifies to the worship of Mithra in the region since before the Zoroastrian reform.

Iran

The Mithra Temple of Maragheh, also referred to as the Mithra Temple of Verjuy or simply Mehr Temple, is the oldest surviving Mithraic temple in Iran known to date.

Iran

Since 1826, four mithraea have been found at Nida-Heddernheim.

Germany

The first members of the Wiesloch Mithraeum may have been veterans from Ladenburg and Heidelberg.

Germany

The Mithraeum of Angera (or Wolf's Den as this cave is popularly called) is the only temple devoted to Mithras known to date in Lombardy.

Italy

The Mithraeum at Espronceda Street, in Merida, was discovered in 2000. It is a semi-subterranean temple.

Spain

The Mitreo della crypta neapolitana was used a des legends about its use, from a cult place devoted to Priapus to celebrate Aphrodite.

Italy

The discovery of the Mithraeum of Tarquinia is due to the Department for Protection of Cultural Heritage of the Carabinieri, who noticed some clandestine excavations near the Ara della Regina.

Italy

The remains of the Jajački Mithraeum were discovered accidentally during excavation for the construction of a private house in 1931.

CIMRM 1901

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Mithras and other oriental gods were worshipped in the shrine of Zeus near the Villa of the Quintilians in Rome.

CIMRM 634

Italy

The Mithraeum of Königsbrunn is the only one preserved in the ancient Roman province of Raetia.

Germany

The Mithraeum of Osterburken could not be excavated bodily owing to the water of a well in the immediate neighbourhood. The monument had been covered carefully with sand.

CIMRM 1291

Germany

The Mithraeum I of Ptuj contains the foundation, altars, reliefs and cult imagery found in it.

CIMRM 1487

Slovenia

Mithraeum II was found at Ptuj at a distance of 20 m south of the Mithraeum I in 1901.

CIMRM 1509

Slovenia

Mithraeum III in Ptuj was built in two periods: the original walls were made of pebbles, while the extension of a later period was made of brick.

CIMRM 1578

Slovenia

The Mithraeum of Szony has the form of a grotto and the entrance is on the west side.

CIMRM 1723

Slovenia

The underground cave which served as temple was cut into the conglomerate rock of the area, and a flight of eight steps of stone slabs led to it.

Greece