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Vienne: The theater and sanctuary of Cybele
Sanctuary of Cybele in Vienne (photo: Athena Review).
The
Shrine of Cybele in Vienne was devoted to the Near Eastern mother
goddess Cybele, widely worshipped in Gaul during the 1st-3rd
centuries AD. The sanctuary contained a theater whose outer walls are
seen at rear left in the picture, where cult mystery plays were
performed.
In the foreground are remnants of the temple of
Cybele. Excavations between the 1940s and 70s showed the temple complex
contained an underground room divided into a nave and side aisles.
Pre-Roman, Late Iron Age pottery from the mid-2nd century BC was found
in the lowest levels.
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