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Monumentum

Mitreo de Lugo

The exploration of an old pazo, a manor house, near the Roman wall, in Lugo, led to the discovery of a Roman domus, which existed continuously from the beginnings of the Christian Era until the Late Empire.
  • Vista del mitreo de Lugo integrado en el Museo Universitario A Domus do Mitreo

    Vista del mitreo de Lugo integrado en el Museo Universitario A Domus do Mitreo
    Nacho Illán 

  • Granite altar dedicated to Mithras

    Granite altar dedicated to Mithras
    Museo Universitario A Domus do Mitreo 

 
 
The New Mithraeum
20 May 2007
Updated on Feb 2023
 

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The exploration of an old pazo, a manor house, near the Roman wall, in Lugo, led to the discovery of a Roman domus, which existed continuously from the beginnings of the Christian Era until the Late Empire. Part of this domus was remodelled to create a room identified as a Mithraeum dated to the early 3rd century A.D. Around 260 A.D. the domus was almost completely destroyed in the course of re-building the city wall. Nevertheless the Mithraeum remained in use for a further 60 years or more. The shrine seems therefore to have been constructed at the beginning of the 3rd century and have

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