Emerita Augusta - House of The Mithraeum

House of The Mithraeum

It was found fortuitously in the early 1960s, and is located on the southern slope of Mount San AlbĂ­n. Its proximity to the location of Merida's Mithraeum led to its current name. The whole house was built in concrete blocks reinforced corners. Highlights the peristyle house with interior garden and a room of the famous western sector Cosmogonic Mosaic, allegorical of the elements of nature (rivers, winds, etc.) chaired by the figure of Aion. The complex has been roofed and fitted out to visit recently.

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