Library of Celsus in Ephesus, Turkey
Ephesus was an Ionian city in ancient Anatolia, Turkey. The city was located in Ionia, where the Cayster River flows into the Aegean Sea. It was part of the Pan...
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Ephesus was an Ionian city in ancient Anatolia, Turkey. The city was located in Ionia, where the Cayster River flows into the Aegean Sea. It was part of the Panionian League.
This is a photo of the Library of Celsus in Ephesus, whose façade has been carefully reconstructed from all original pieces, was built ca. AD 125 by Gaius Julius Aquila in memory of his father, and once held nearly 12,000 scrolls. Designed with an exaggerated entrance – so as to enhance its perceived size, speculate many historians – the building faces east so that the reading rooms could make best use of the morning light. An underground tunnel, marked by the simple figures of a woman, a heart, and a price, leads from the library to a nearby building believed to have been a drinking establishment or brothel.
I managed to keep the big crowd outÂ….lol.
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This is a photo of the Library of Celsus in Ephesus, whose façade has been carefully reconstructed from all original pieces, was built ca. AD 125 by Gaius Julius Aquila in memory of his father, and once held nearly 12,000 scrolls. Designed with an exaggerated entrance – so as to enhance its perceived size, speculate many historians – the building faces east so that the reading rooms could make best use of the morning light. An underground tunnel, marked by the simple figures of a woman, a heart, and a price, leads from the library to a nearby building believed to have been a drinking establishment or brothel.
I managed to keep the big crowd outÂ….lol.
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