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Ephesus
... moved. It became the largest trading center of Asia Minor. This occurred somewhere around 200 AD, which is also when Christianity arrived. St John spent time here, and it is believed that Mary accompanied him. His gospel was written from here. Within the ruins are many buildings which have been identified. The Prytaneion, or administrative center, had a hall containing a black stone. On this stone was the perpetual flame. It is said ...
Totally Thrilled with Turkey
... walls built in the early 1400's by the Ottomans. High on a hill is the statue of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, who was the founder of the Republic of Turkey and its first President after Turkey was proclaimed a Republic in 1923. Turkey currency is the Turkish Lira and we are excited to finally be in a country where the U.S. dollar is worth more than the local currency. We wander thru the silver, gold, leather, copper, and ceramic shops - ...
This Greek Salad is All Green to Me
... br> - The Temple of Hadrian – immense structure with awesome friezes that was built in the 2nd century just because Emperor Hadrian was popping by for a visit. Now that’s a pretty cool welcome, right?
- The Odeon – a small, roofed theater for musical performances and meetings of the town council. Oh…..right….so that’s where the name “Cineplex Odeon” comes from. This place had a capacity for ...
Ephesus: these ruıns keep gettıng better
... of 4) of Sophıa Saınt of Teachers!
Then we stopped at the Carpet factory on the way back to Kusadası - yeah some people bought the sılk on sılk etc..
Tonıght we headed ınto town and took over Kıtty O' Shea's Irısh Pub where Maggıe got completely pı%&/! ..Ok.. so what ıf I danced on the bar - I've always wanted to do that :)
Whilst ...
Andrew breaks his bike and we see awesome ruins.
... we walked past the ‘Tetragonos Agora’ which seemed to be an area of temples, fountains, statues and monuments – kind of like a square or something. We also found the impressive facade of the Temple of Hadrianus which was named after Emperor Hadrianus in 118-138 A.D and had several inscribed bases for bronze statues (I assume the actual statues themselves are in a museum, like much of the stuff in Turkish ruins).
We then came upon the front ...