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Submitted by Harald_Platta on Tuesday, 16 February 2016  Page Views: 1751

Roman, Greek and ClassicalSite Name: Mithraeum Riegel
Country: Germany
NOTE: This site is 4.912 km away from the location you searched for.

Land: Baden-Wuerttemberg Type: Ancient Temple
Nearest Town: Riegel am Kaiserberg
Latitude: 48.149938N  Longitude: 7.746601E
Condition:
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Mithraeum Riegel
Mithraeum Riegel submitted by Creative Commons : The Mithraeum Riegel is an ancient temple in Riegel am Kaiserstuhl (Baden-Wuerrtemberg, Germany). By Dr. Eugen Lehle (Own work) [GFDL or CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons (Vote or comment on this photo)
The Mithraeum Riegel is an ancient temple in Riegel am Kaiserstuhl (Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany).

The temple was dedicated to the romanized god Mithras. The site was discovered in 1932 and fully excavated in 1974/75. The red sandstone altar has the inscription DEUS INVICTUS ("invincible god"). Because of the great number of finds it is assumed that the temple was not destroyed but just abandoned.

The foundation of the temple can be visited in Riegel along with a replica of the altar stone. The original altar stone and several finds from the temple can be seen in the Archäologisches Museum Colombischlössle.

Literature:
[01] Alföldy, G.: Die Mithas-Inschrift aus Riegel am Kaiserberg. In: Germania 64 (1986).
[02] Nierhaus, R.: Zu dem Mithras-Altarstein von Riegel am Kaiserstuhl. In: Alemannisches Jahrbuch (1953).

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Mithraeum Riegel
Mithraeum Riegel submitted by Harald_Platta : The Mithraeum Riegel is an ancient temple in Riegel am Kaiserstuhl (Baden-Wuerrtemberg, Germany). Photo of a detail of an information panel shown in the Archäologisches Museum Colombischlössle in Freiburg im Breisgau. (2016) (Vote or comment on this photo)

Mithraeum Riegel
Mithraeum Riegel submitted by Harald_Platta : The Mithraeum Riegel is an ancient temple in Riegel am Kaiserstuhl (Baden-Wuerrtemberg, Germany). The original altar stone is displayed in the Archäologisches Museum Colombischlössle in Freiburg im Breisgau. Detail of the top of the stone with the inscription DEUS INVICTUS. © Platta 2016 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Mithraeum Riegel
Mithraeum Riegel submitted by Harald_Platta : The Mithraeum Riegel is an ancient temple in Riegel am Kaiserstuhl (Baden-Wuerrtemberg, Germany). The original altar stone is displayed in the Archäologisches Museum Colombischlössle in Freiburg im Breisgau. © Platta 2016 (Vote or comment on this photo)

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