Monumentum
Mithraeum des Bolards
The Mithraeum des Bolards was integrated into a therapeutic cultural complex related to healing waters.
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9 Jun 2009
Updated on 3 Feb 2022
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In Les Bolards, Nuits-Saint-Georges (Cote d'Or) the remnants of a Mithras sanctuary (C) were discovered in 1932-1939.
The exact measures of the Mithraeum are unknown. Via three steps one descended in the vestibulum; the sanctuary itself must have been underground. The entrance lies at the East-side; the apse in the West-side. 'Le périmètre réel du temple, l'importance du vestibule, la longueur de la nef centrale et des larges banquettes qui devaient la flanquer, l'agencement de l'abside restent autant d'inconnues fort regrettables'.
The exact measures of the Mithraeum are unknown. Via three steps one descended in the vestibulum; the sanctuary itself must have been underground. The entrance lies at the East-side; the apse in the West-side. 'Le périmètre réel du temple, l'importance du vestibule, la longueur de la nef centrale et des larges banquettes qui devaient la flanquer, l'agencement de l'abside restent autant d'inconnues fort regrettables'.
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Data
- Location
Lugdunensis (Gallia) Les Bolards, Nuits-Saint-Georges (France) - Latitude and longitude 4.949856,47.138242
- Type
- Dimensions W. 550 D. 800 cm
- Dating 3rd century
- Discovery date 1948
- Canonical URI
mithraeum.eu/monument/81
- CIMRM 917
Related
- Monumentum Lion of Les Bolards
- Monumentum Cautes des Bolards
- Liber Archéologia : Le Mithraeum des Bolards à Nuits-Saint Georges