Ephesus Travel Guide

Ephesus, known as one of the most fascinating archaeological sites in the world, was a major port and trading center at the intersection of important trade routes, such as the type of road and on the Silk Road. The amphtetre is very good shape, and each summer living concersts are allowed, in 1995 Diano Ross was a live concert without a microphone.

Since most visited ancient site of Turkey, Ephesus is the gateway to Turkey presentation to the world. Every year, millions of visitors come to Ephesus for its wonderful and mystical atmosphere. Huge granite columns bear witness to the city of former glory and many valuable sites can be seen around him: The Artemision, one of the Seven Wonders of the Saint John's Church, the Cave of the Seven Sleepers, the shrine of the Virgin Mary, The Isabey Mosque and the archaeological museum of Selcuk.

Ephesus was originally a port city, but because of the Menderes alluviums over the centuries, the site is now remoted from the sea about 5-6 km. Excavation work began in Ephesus approximately 129 years, and there is no doubt that these are in many years with restoration works: Each piece of daylight to have new evidence to the archaeologists over several objects to discover or riddle to solve.

Androcles, son of King Kondros, founded the City 10 BC When Androcles died during the war against the Carians, the residents of Ephesus built a mausoleum for these heroes, their first king. The mausoleum was built around the magnesia door.

The city was on the shore of the port, where the Konessos Kucuk Menderes ( "Kaystros") flood in the Aegean. If Ephesus became a member of the Ionian federal, Carians and Lelegians inhabited. Until then, the city had to move up stream to the current "Ayasolug Hill", because the alluviums. After the invasion in the VIth century, the Lydian king Kreisos, Ephesus reached its climax: It was a model for the old world, in art and culture. The refusal judgement third, Ephesians moved around the Artemision, still waiting to daylight. Later, during the Ionian revolt, "Ephesians refused to participate in the battles against the Persians and saved their city from complete destruction. Alexander the Great, then decided to Ionian cities independent, ended the war. Oligarchischen and democratic partisans were quarreling and destroys the Artemision (356 BC). Alexander proposed to rebuild, but the population could not agree because it would not be right to build a temple for one of God is a God.

In 190 BC, the city conquered and controlled by the Romans, the Kings until he Bergamian again by the Romans in 133 BC after the city lived another Golden Age, when it has become an important trading center and gave a completely new look: many new buildings, like the Celsus Library, built. During the coming of Christianity (the arrival of John with Holy Virgin Mary, the preaching of Saint Paul), Ephesus was a major centre, where Christians, Jews and Gentiles, their temple. It is during this time that the Cave of the Seven Sleepers, the Saint-John's church was built. Having been through the Byzantine, the Selcuks, Ephesus fell under the Ottomans, but lost its significance as places like Izmir and Kusadasi were always important port cities.