Ephesus Theater Turkey
Ephesus Theater Turkey Grand Theatre is one of the most impressive monuments in Ephesus City. The building is located on the western slope of Panayir Mountain and used to overlook the harbor via Harbour Street. This great monument was built in the Hellenistic Period, in the 3rd century BC, during the reign of Lysimachos, one […]
Hadrian Temple Ephesus Turkey
Hadrian Temple Ephesus Turkey Hadrian Temple is located on Curetes Street next to the Slope Houses of Ephesus City. This attractive monument dates back to 2. Century AD and it is unlikely the name may not be dedicated to Roman Emperor Hadrian. It has a well-decorated facade which is supported by four Corinthian columns supporting […]
Hercules Gate Ephesus Turkey
Hercules Gate in Ephesus Ancient City Hercules Gate is located on the east corner of Curetes Street and as a monumental gate in the Late Antique period, it was constructed from reused materials. This gate takes its name from the reliefs of Hercules on its two doorposts. Even though these reliefs were sculptured in the […]
Magnesia Gate Ephesus Turkey
Magnesia Gate in Ephesus Turkey Magnesia and Koressos were the two main entrances of Ephesus. Magnesia Gate was located in the South of the city. They called it as “Magnesian Gate” because the gate is facing the way of Magnesia City, which was located south of Ephesus. The Magnesia Gate in Ephesus was used also […]
Marble Street Ephesus Turkey
Marble Street in Ephesus Turkey Marble Street was one of the main streets of Ephesus City that connects Curetes Street to Arcadian Street. It was named for its white marble pavements. The street starts from Celsus Library and goes on the far entrance of the Great Theatre of Ephesus, the section of Sacred which leads […]
Memmius Monument Ephesus Turkey
Memmius Monument Memmius Monument was built by Memmius who was one of the prominent people of Ephesus in 87 B.C to honor Roman Dictator Sulla. It is one of the few architectural monuments that have survived to the present date at Ephesus and dates back to the late Hellenistic Period. Memmius in Greek and Latin was recorded […]
Pollio Fountain Ephesus Turkey
Pollio Fountain in Ephesus Turkey Pollio Fountain is located in front of the west terrace wall of State Agora and it faces the Domitian Temple. It is known from Latin and Greek inscriptions that it was built by the foster son of C. Sextilius Pollio in 97 (AD) and this monument is also the cenotaph […]
State Agora, Government Agora
State Agora (Government Agora) in Ephesus Turkey Between two different agoras, the State Agora was the important one as a meeting place for governmental discussions and trade deals in the 1st century BC. State Agora was an area where people congregated for congregated and social reasons. The State Agora had a rectangular form and was […]
Terrace Houses in Ephesus City
Terrace Houses Terrace Houses were the luxury apartment building of people who were propertied class in Ephesus, established on terraces on the slopes of Mount Bulbul. The houses were built in the peristyle, adjacent to each other, each consisting of two flats. Some of these houses date to the 1st century B.C. from the finds […]
The Brothel Ephesus Turkey
The Brothel in Ephesus The so-called Brothel is located directly across Marble Street from the Library of Celsus and dates back to 1. Century AD. The building was called a Brothel because, in the excavations, a statue of Priapus with an oversized phallus was found in the house. The statue is now presented in Ephesus […]