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Ephesus, once the most important commercial center of the western Anatolia, is one of the highlights of Turkey that awaits the exploring tourists. The city was established as a port on the mouth of the river
Cayster and was one of the foremost cities of the world for its being on a strategic trade route in Anatolia. The city itself and the ruins are all on the sides of a fertile valley. The extensive ruins including the theatre,
library or
gymnasium create the special atmosphere of Ephesus ,and appeal to every visitors. Ephesus has been a "center" during the date. Once a trade center of the ancient world, a religious center of the early Christianity and today, a unique tourism center proving all its perfectas to the visitors through the world.
The original site of Ancient Ephesus
was most likely established on the Aegean coast, on the shores
of that sea which is today located 8 km. away from the
archaeological excavations.
Over the centuries, in fact, the rubble brought on to the plain
of the "Kucuk Menderes" has
enlarged the alluvial plain surrounding the archaeological zone,
leaving behind in actual fact the shores of the Aegean. In Roman
times it was situated on the northern slopes of the hills
Coressus and
Pion and south of the
Cayster (Kucuk Menderes) River,
the silt from which has since formed a fertile plain but has
caused the coastline to move ever farther west. In Roman times a
sea channel was maintained with difficulty to a harbor well west
of Pion. By late Byzantine times this channel had become
useless, and the coast by the mid-20th century was three miles
farther west.
Ephesus is close to the town of Selcuk
about an hour drive south of
Izmir.
Kusadasi is the nearest larger
town, about 20km from Ephesus.
Location:
Ephesus was constructed on a river bend, that was eventually
dredged into a full harbor near the mount of the Cayster River,
on the western coast of Asia Minor (modern Turkey). Along the
coastal plain between Smyrna to the north and Miletus to the
south, the site is now about six miles from the Aegean Sea. The
city shifted in five distinct locations over time, each within a
small area. The Apostles Paul and John were familiar with the
city that scholars have dubbed "Ephesus III" the largest
(in area) of the five.
The areas where Ephesus located on as
follows:
Ephesus I: Aya Suluk (St.
John Area);
Ephesus II: Artemission
area;
Ephesus III: Port of St.
Paul: base of Mount Koressos;
Ephesus IV: north of Aya
Suluk;
Ephesus V: Selcuk area.
Because of the man-made harbor structure and the flow of the
river, a backwash flow caused the harbor to frequently silt up
(by 449 BCE we already read of problems documented about the
silting. Later, Eusebius records that Ephesus honoured Emperor
Hadrian for dredging and making navigable the harbor). When
cleared, Ephesus was in a location that justified a great
seaport. The city sat at the convergence of three land routes
with a shipping lane from the north via the channel created by
the Island of Chios and an opening facing the cities of
Macedonia.
The land routes that converged on
Ephesus included:
1- The Colossae / Laodicea
road (traveling east),
2- The road to Sardis and
Galatia (northeast), and
3- The Smyrna (north) main
road.
Population:
Some scholars estimate the number of people living at Ephesus to
have exceeded 250,000 inhabitants during Ephesus III, which
would make it perhaps the fourth largest of its day behind:
1- Rome;
2- Alexandria; and
3- An Antioch. This large a
city was an economic stronghold in Asia Minor, and justified the
title supreme metropolis of Asia though there is an evidence
that its overall economic standing may have been slowly
declining.
DISTANCES FROM EPHESUS | |
Izmir (airport) |
: |
72 km |
|
Istanbul |
: |
652 km |
|
Marmaris |
: |
243 km | |
Kusadasi |
: |
18 km |
|
Pamukkale |
: |
215 km |
|
Bodrum |
: |
173 km | |
Selcuk |
: |
2 km |
|
Soke |
: |
38 km |
|
Heraclia |
: |
87 km | |
Virgin Mary |
: |
7 km |
|
Priene |
: |
53 km |
|
Aphrodisias |
: |
162 km | |
Aydin |
: |
65 km |
|
Miletos |
: |
74 km |
|
Sardes |
: |
151 km | |
National Park |
: |
48 km |
|
Didyma |
: |
93 km |
|
Fethiye |
: |
338 km | |
Claros |
: |
34 km |
|
Pergamum |
: |
172 km |
|
Sirince |
: |
8 km | |
Denizli |
: |
187 km |
|
Marmaris |
: |
215 km |
|
Antalya |
: |
417 km | |
Troy |
: |
380 km |
|
Bursa |
: |
405 km |
|
Cappadocia |
: |
792 km |
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