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Celsus Library: a library as funerary monument!
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  • By cbeaujean on November 14, 2004
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    by cbeaujean
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    in the ancient cities,necropolis stood always outside city walls (as e.g. in pamukkale). to make the tomb monument possible inside ephesus,they had to change the monument into library!(no sooner said than done!) marble sarcophagus was found in ...1904 because of sun,best pics of library are tooken in the morning.

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    Celsus Library: THE LIBRARY OF CELSUS
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  • Updated By whitecliff62 on January 8, 2006
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    THE LIBRARY OF CELSUS
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    This i think is what everybody who visits Ephesus comes to see, its the Library of Celsus. Having seen it for the first time this year i was amazed at the site, the photos does not really give it justice, its much more impresive seeing it for yourself. Restoration on the library started back in 1970 and now its the most beautiful monument in the whole of Ephisus. The library when built was the third largest of its time and was built at a cost of 2000 dinarii and every year 23000 dinarii was spent on the purchase of new books. In 262 A.D. the library was torched by the Goths and although the building survived all the several thousand books were destroyed. In 400 A.D. the library was restored and turned into a fountain and pool but in the middle ages a huge earthquake brought the library crashing to the ground once more. since then 85 of the original pieces of the library have been found and reconstructed to the sight you see today

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  • Address: To the south of Marble Road

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    Celsus Library: Library of Celsus
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  • Updated By guell on August 3, 2004
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  • Library of Celsus, up close - Ephesus
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    The Library of Celsus is unquestionably the first image that comes to mind when thinking of Ephesus. The Consul of Aquila built the library in 135 A.D. in honor of his father Celsus Polemaeanus. The library has a magnificently ornamented facade composed of three main portals. Over the portals we can see statues of female figures representing the virtues of wisdom, fate and intelligence.

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    Celsus Library: THE LIBRARY OF CELSUS
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  • Updated By whitecliff62 on January 8, 2006
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    THE LIBRARY OF CELSUS
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    This is one of the top facades of the library which is 2 storys high and mesures 16 meters. The back of the library has been fitted with a concrete and steel support which can stand an earthquake mesuring up to 9 on the Richter scale

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  • Address: Located to the south of Marble Road

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    Celsus Library: The Library of Celsus
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  • By Paul2001 on June 25, 2004
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    The Library of Celsus is considered to be the most spectacular of the many ruins at Ephesus. It was built in the 2nd Century A.D. by Consul Tiberius Julius Aquilus in honour of his father Celsus Polemaeanus, the Roman Govenor of Asia Minor. The library at one time contained 12,000 scrolls. The Library is famed for its facade. It features four statues representing the four virtues, goodness, thought, knowledge and wisdom.

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    Celsus Library: Library for the Roman
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  • By fachd on December 21, 2007
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  • Approaching the Celcus library from Curetes street - Ephesus
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    In ancient time the Celcus Library is the second largest to the library in Alexandria in Egypt. It was built in the 2nd century by Julius Aquila for his father Celsus Polemaeanus as a monumental tomb. Almost the whole remnant is built from marble. The library contained 12,000 hand written scrolls probably from papyrus paper rolls, which most likely they imported from Egypt. Looking from the front is a two storey buildings. Inside the building I can only see a single large hall. Outside between the two marble columns is a fake statue of Sophia who is the goddess of wisdom, the statue of Arete who represents virtue and two others Episteme and Ennoia represent destiny and knowledge respectively. They say the original is in Vienna or the British museum. The photos is taken from the front and inside the library

  • Directions: The Celcus Library is at the foot of Curetes Street

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    Celsus Library: Efeze - the Celcus Library
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  • Updated By Luchonda on September 8, 2003
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  • Sophia Statue - Ephesus
    Sophia Statue
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    One of the four facade monuments !! The statue of Sophia - at the left of the building ! The statues were removed during the restauration. On the bottom of each statue you will find some inscriptions - 4 statues - four names : -Sophia : symbol of wisdom -Episterne : symbol of knowledge -Ennoia - symbol of faith -Arete - symbol of virtueness

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    Celsus Library: Must see - the Library
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  • Updated By Luchonda on December 9, 2007
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  • The Library - Ephesus
    The Library
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    The Library - builded 2nd century B.C. The most famous building in Efeze. Tiberius Aquila - son of the gouvernor Julius Celsus Ploemaeanius - ordered to this monumental Library in that century.. Austrian archeologics found it in 1904 - the restauration started only in 1970. First impreesive view arriving at this Library are the four statues at the base ! But older paintings are showing also four statues at the first floor ! Pic 2 shows the teather in Sabratha/Libya : When i was visiting this historical site, i always had a remembrance at Efeze

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  • Directions: At the end of "Curettes Road"

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    Celsus Library: THE CELSUS LIBRARY
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  • By buket on June 12, 2003
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    It is the most striking building in Ephesus. In order to make the front look longer, the columns and the capitals of the columns were kept smaller in contrast with the ones in the middle. The library was a three-storey building. The books were given preserved in rolls and covers on the shelves. The statues in the niches of the facade wall were found in the excavations of 1904. According to inscriptions on their bases, the statues represent the wisdom(philosophia), knowledge(epistheme), destiny (ennoia) and virtue (arete) of Celsus.

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  • Address: Ephesus - Selcuk

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    Celsus Library: Celsus Library
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  • By TomorrowsAngel on September 14, 2003
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    One of the finest structures in Ephesus, the Celsus Library has recently been restored. Raised on a high plinth, the building is approached via a broad flight of steps. It was built by the Consul Gaius Julius Aquila in 135 AD, in honour of his father, Celsus Polemaeanus, the governor of Asia Minor. The facade is highly ornamented on two levels, and there are three main portals. Over the portals were columns and statues arranged in niches. These statues were female figures representing the virtues wisdom, fate and intellegence. Niches on the interior of the building were designed to hold books. The tomb of Celsus was placed in a crypt below the central large niche. According to the inscription on the architrave of the building, its patron, C.Aquila, died before it was completed, and the construction was carried on by his heirs.

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