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Ephesus

N 218 B 5.0K C 117 E Aug 10, 2008 F Mar 10, 2022

G Turkey > İzmir > Asia (Roman province) >

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Library of Celsus.
The Library of Celsus is an ancient Roman building in Ephesus, Anatolia, now part of Selçuk, Turkey. The building was commissioned in the 110s A.D. by a consul, Gaius Julius Aquila, as a funerary monument for his father.The library is considered an architectural marvel, and is one of the only remaining examples of a library from the Roman Empire. The Library of Celsus was the third-largest library in the Roman world behind only Alexandria and Pergamum, believed to have held around twelve thousand scrolls.(from Wikipedia)

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The tree of the 1001 nights

N 28 B 1.1K C 80 E Aug 10, 2008 F Aug 20, 2008

G Turkey > Aydın > Kuşadası >

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Near Ephesus, Turkey

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Streets of Kusadasi

N 13 B 2.7K C 49 E Aug 10, 2008 F Aug 27, 2008

G Turkey > Aydın > Kuşadası >

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Aegean coast of Turkey

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Gateway to eternity

N 195 B 3.3K C 143 E Aug 10, 2008 F Feb 19, 2023

G Turkey > Aydın > Kuşadası İlçesi >

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Ephesus, Turkey.

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