Mithraeum
Credit
David Joyal
Status
  All Rights Reserved
Trip
The Great European Road Trip
Date Created
April 16, 2008
Date Added
January 4, 2010
Last Updated
May 1, 2024
File Size
5.58 MB
Resolution
4000 x 2660 pixels
Coordinates
41.8893780° N, 12.4974480° E

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Mithraeum

The lowest level of excavations beneath San Clemente is home to Roman apartments and this 3rd-century Temple of Mithras. It was deliberately destroyed when the church was built, but one room has survived: a small artificial cave with stars on the ceiling, long side benches, and a stone altar with a relief of Mithras slaying the bull.