Mithraeum

A mithraeum found in the ruins of Ostia Antica, Italy.

Mithraeum is a place of worship for the followers of the mystery religion of Mithraism. They were often constructed underground or in a cave to resemble the cave where Mithras is said to have slain the sacred bull (compare the very similar bull slaying depicted in the Enkidu seal). The word has come to be used in the context of any secret place used for secret rituals.

Notable mithraea

France

• Sarrebourg

Germany

• Dieburg/Darmstadt
• Frankfurt-Heddernheim
• Freiburg im Breisgau, mithraeum relics from Riegel displayed in Freiburg museum
• Gimmeldingen, Mithras-Heiligtum Gimmeldingen Sehenswertes (German language)
• Güglingen
• Hanau
• Heidelberg, Museum Kurpfälzisches
• Köln
• Königsbrunn (near Augsburg)
• Mainz, Consecration Altars of the Mithraeum Mogontiacum
• Neuss (Legionslager Castra Novaesia)
• Osterburken
• Riegel am Kaiserstuhl[1] (near Freiburg im Breisgau)
• Saalburg
• Saarbrücken
• Schwarzerden
• Wiesloch

Hungary

• Aquincum Mithraeum (of Victorinus). Remains open within Aquincum Archaeological Park.
• Savaria Mithraeum.

Italy In the city of Rome:

• Mithraeum of the Circus Maximus. Remains open by appointment.
• Barberini Mithraeum. remains open by appointment.
• Mithraeum of San Clemente, under the basilica of San Clemente. Remains visible in archaeological museum.
• Mithraeum of the Baths of Caracalla. Remains open by appointment.
• Castra Peregrinorum mithraeum, under the church of Santo Stefano Rotondo. Remains open by appointment.
• Mithraeum under the Santa Prisca basilica. Remains open by appointment.
• Mithraeum - Santa Maria Capua Vetere

Spain

• Roman Ville of Fuente Álamo's Mithraeum (Puente Genil).

Romania

• A reconstructed Mithraeum in the Brukenthal Museum's Lapidarium, with some of the items unearthed at Apulum (Alba Iulia).

Switzerland

• Martigny (ancient Octodurus) - a reconstructed Mithraeum [2]

United Kingdom

• Caernarfon Mithraeum, Wales.
• Carrawburgh, Hadrian's Wall, England. Remains open.
• London Mithraeum, England. Remains open.

See also: Mithraic places of interest