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Multi-periodSite Name: Mithras Temple (London) Alternative Name: The London MithraeumCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 0.67 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Greater London Type: Ancient Temple
Nearest Town: London
Map Ref: TQ3252181031
Latitude: 51.512671N Longitude: 0.091666W
Condition:
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4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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aolson visited on 20th Mar 2019 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 5 Hats off to Bloomberg for this vastly improved setting of the temple. It is free, the display of finds in informative, and the temple looks so much better now! We visited here and immediately went to the Museum of London to see the finds from the original excavation.
AnnabelleStar visited - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 5
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3 Ambience: 4.5 Access: 5
The site lies over the course of one of London’s lost rivers, the Walbrook. Nearly 2,000 years ago when Londinium was founded by the Romans, this river marked the limits of their first settlement. In the 3rd century AD, nearly 200 years after the founding of London, a Roman Londoner, built a temple to the god Mithras on this reclaimed ground, next to the river. The mysterious cult of Mithras first appeared in Rome in the 1st century AD. It spread across the Empire over the next 300 years, predominantly attracting merchants, soldiers and imperial administrators. Meeting in temples which were often constructed below ground, these were private, dark and windowless spaces. The mythological scene of Mithras killing a bull within a cave, the ‘tauroctony’ is at the heart of the cult, and its full meaning is subject of much speculation.
Archaeology at Bloomberg is an illustrated guide to the exceptional archaeology and history of the Bloomberg site (PDF)
Entrance is free but advance booking is advised via the London Mithraeum website.
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Note: Reconstructed Roman Temple of Mithras opens to the public in London
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