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Part of our trip to Turkey was spent travelling to various interesting destinations, one of which was Ephasus. Paul spent two years here and founded a Christian church. At it's height, Ephasus is believed to have been inhabited by 250,000 people.
The famous Ephesus Library is situated to the south of the Agora. This elegant monument was built in A.D. 135 by Julius Aquila in memory of his father, Celsus Polemaeanus of Sardis, Roman Senator and Proconsul of the province of Asia.
After passing through a marble-paved courtyard twenty-one meters wide one reaches the main reading-room by nine wide marble steps. There are four bases for statues at the top of the staircase The floor of the main reading room is built on arched vaults and the inner and outer walls are separated by a corridor, thus protecting the library from damp. The walls and floor of the room were completely faced with coloured marble.
Across the main reading room there was an exactly placed niche for offerings: to the right and left of the round niche and on the sidewalls were square niches containing cupboards to hold the rolled manuscripts. On the front of the library there was a two-storied gallery.
A section sixteen meters high was decorated very richly with a raised column, door ornaments and sculptural architectural monuments, carving and decoration. These carvings can now be seen in the Vienna Museum.
In a burial chamber in the lower part of the library can be seen a decorated white marble tomb in which Gaius Julius Celsus Polemaeanus was buried. The life of Celsus is related in Greek and Latin on the bases of the statues on each side of the library staircase.
| Camera: | Fujifilm FinePix S9500 Zoom |
| Title: | Ephasus |
| Username: | 
AlanBW |
| Uploaded: | 16 Oct 2006 - 5:59 AM |
| Tags: | Architecture, Building, Ephasus, General, History, Landscape / travel, Travel, Turkey |
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Comments
The hustle and bustle of a popular tourist attraction.
Excellent capture.
Tom.
Excellent choise of subject Alan, full of detail and the people make this an even more interesting scene, very good write-up. fine work, Adrian
Lovely to see this sort of image with lots of people.
Wonderful colour, & lighting, & such an interesting story for us all to enjoy.
Hilary
a super capture, made doubly so by the very interesting description, a great place to visit I should think,
Chris.
I've always wanted to see this. Nice overview shot so we can see the entire thing. Good description too.
Patrick
beautiful detailed capture and I enjoyed reading your description
Excellent shot of this amazing site and a superb description. The detail and composition is terrific and it just wouldn't be one of your images without the inclusion of tourists milling about!
So much detail and so much to see in one image, fascinating architecture.
I love travel photos, and yours is fantastic - terrific narrative to accompany it. Great work!
Anna
Facinating location Alan with a fine detail on the architecture...the biblical background is so interesting.
Doug.
Visited Ephesus on a day trip from the Greek island of Samos a few years ago, and it just blew me away. not just a pile of bricks, but the great sructures that were unearthed. To me, a place you have to see before you die.
Great shot, nice one Alan. Love to go there again.
Bill.
Good write up, most interesting. fancy being AD 135, it looks so Elegant in the thumnail, I thought it was a functional building. It's worth an extra look. Love the architecture. Thanks for sharing this wonderful sight with us.
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Must've been an amazing building in it's day... still very impressive now, with well caught details. Good shot!
This is supeb would have ran out of camera chips in minutes here.
victor
Interesting account and what a marvellous looking place. Great travel shot - makes me want to go!
Den
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