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| Page Views: 2,401 Last Visit to Ephesus: August, 1992 | Wonderful ruins in a nice environment by SirRichard - last update: Dec 12, 2002 |
I visited Ephesus as part of a longer trip by car from Istanbul to Marmaris, all along the western mediterranean coast of Turkey. Ephesus is probably the biggest greek/roman ruins in this coast, and the best kept. |
|  | A huge site I was surprised by the size and quantity of the ruins in this site. Is undoubtely the biggest in Asia Minor and one of the biggest around the Aegean sea. |
The visit Here you have a map of the site and a list of the main attractions:
1. The Gates of Persecution (C4)
2. St John's Basilica (B4)
3. The Byzantine Citadel (A4)
4. Isa Bey Mosque (C4)
5. Temple of Artemis (C4)
6. Gymnasius of Vedius (D3)
7. The Stadium (D3)
8. Koressos Gate (D3)
9. Sanctuary of Mother Goddess Cybele (D4)
10. Acropolis and small temple (D3)
11. Byzantine baths (D3)
12. Double churches (D2)
13. Harbour gymnasium and baths (E2/3)
14. Arcadian Avenue (E1/2/3)
15. Gymnasium of the Theater (E3)
16. The Great theater (E3/F3)
17. Marble road (F3)
18. Celsus Library (F3)
19. The Agora (F3)
20. Temple of Serapis (F2/G2)
21. Curates Street (G3/G4)
22. Brothel (G3/G4)
23. Public Toilets (F3)
24. Baths of Skolastikia (G3/G4) 25. Temple of Hadrian (G3/G4)
26. Auditorium
27. Gate (G3)
28. Fountain (G3)
29. Octagon (G3)
30. Hill houses (G3/4)
31. Trajan Fountain and round tower (G4)
32. Triumphal Arch (G4)
33. Monument of Mainmius and Hydreion (G4)
34. Temple of Domitianus (G4)
35. Fountain of Pollio (G4)
36. Water Palace (G4/H4)
37. Prytaneum (G4)
38. Odeum (G4)
39. Basilica (G4)
40. The State Agora (G4)
41. The Varius Baths (G4)
42. The Nympheum (H4)
43. The tomb of St Luke (H5)
44. Magnesia Gate (H5)
45. The East Gymnasium (G5/6)
46. Walls of Bulbul Dag (G2/H2/3)
47. The cave of seven Sleepers (D4) | | | Click on the map to see the numbers |
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whitecliff62 Wed Dec 28, 2005 22:20 UTC
Ephesus is a magical place, i finally managed to visit in sep but boy was that hot, worth it though. | ettenaj Sun Aug 22, 2004 22:08 UTC
Just to add one tip here, be sure to take a sunhat with you, it was extremely hot when I was there and there is no shade:-(( | mehbos37 Wed Dec 3, 2003 15:04 UTC
I really enjoyed your pages.May I add that it is recently proven that Virgin Mary spend her last years and died in Ephesus? In fact it is a focuspoint for one of my studies.. Take care! | jenn_d Tue Dec 2, 2003 23:58 UTC
Terrific link...a friend owns some land here and I had to check it out :-) |
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