Unique Experience Travel to Ancient City of Ephesus Ruins

Ancient City of Ephesus RuinsEphesus is  an  amazing  ancient  city  which  was  established  by  Greeks  and  enlarged  by Romans.  During  it’s  history  city  was  an  important  metropolitan  of  ancient  world. Beside being an important ancient settlement, Ephesus is also most visited ancient city of Modern Turkish Republic. From all over the world people come Ephesus to feel breeze of history.

Curetes Street locates Between the Hercules Gate and the Celcus Library starts. This sacred path was used  as  a  sacred  road  which  was  used  by  the Curetes and  it continued its existence contrary to the  hippodamic  system  of  the  Hellenistic-Roman city.

Ephesus Curetes Street

Ephesus Celsus Library

Celsus  Library is  a  typical  structure  of architectural  style  prevalent  in  the  period  of  Emperor Hadrian, dates back to 2. Centry AD. The most well-known building of Ephesus City was built to honour proconsul  (governor)  of  the  Asian  province Tiberius  Julius  Celsus  Polemaeanus,  by  his son Tiberius Julius Acquila. Known as third largest library of Ancient World after Alexandria and Pergammon libraries.

Ephesus Celsus Library

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 peristyle, adjacent to each other, each consisting of two flats. Some of these houses dates to the 1st century B.C. from the finds made during excavations. After restorations and repairs the some houses were built after the earthquakes in 2nd century and 3th century A.D., the houses were two-storey, were inhabited until the end of 4th century A.D. and some continued to be inhabited until 7th century A.D.

Inside Ephesus Terrace Houses

Hadrian Temple

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 peristyle, adjacent to each other, each consisting of two flats. Some of these houses dates to the 1st century B.C. from the finds made during excavations. After restorations and repairs the some houses were built after the earthquakes in 2nd century and 3th century A.D., the houses were two-storey, were inhabited until the end of 4th century A.D. and some continued to be inhabited until 7th century A.D.

Curetes Street locates Between the Hercules Gate and the Celcus Library starts. This sacred path was used as a sacred road which was used by the Curetes and it continued its existence contrary to the hippodamic system of the Hellenistic-Roman city.

Ephesus Curetes Street

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