Ephesus

Ephesus

Lawrence Technological University

March 28, 2017

Celsus Library

Allen, Will (photograph)

Single Built Works

2015

Turkey (nation)

Ephesus (deserted settlement)

Imperial (Roman)

libraries (buildings)

mausoleums

View from the interior of the Celsus Library at Ephesus, Turkey looking out at the street, with inscription from group who worked on reconstruction in the 1970's. "The Library of Celsus takes its name from Julius Celsus Polemaenus. He was the Roman governor of Asia Minor in the 2nd century AD. He was buried in a sarcophagus under the library. The construction of the building began in 110 AD. The library is a kind of mausoleum donated by his son - Julius Aquila Polemaeanus, who spent 25 000 denars for this purpose. The construction was finished by his descendants in 135 AD ... The façade of the library was reconstructed using fragments found during excavations. The reconstruction campaign, led by the German archaeologist Volker Michael Strocka, was conducted in the years 1970-1978. For the purpose of the reconstruction, the fragments excavated by Austrian archaeologists in the beginning of the 20th century were used,"--Turkish Archaeology News website.

marble (rock)

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