Celsus Library, Selçuk

Name: Celsus Library
Address: Efes Selcuk Merkez, Selcuk, Selçuk, Turkey

#8 among attractions in Selçuk

Museum, Ruins, Historical place, History museum

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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, former proconsul of Asia Tiberius Julius Celsus Polemaeanus, and completed during the reign of Hadrian, sometime after Aquila's death. 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. Celsus is buried in a crypt beneath the library in a decorated marble sarcophagus. The interior measured roughly 180 square metres. ()

Local name: Celsus Kütüphanesi Coordinates: 37°56'21"N, 27°20'27"E

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Celsus Library – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Temple of Artemis, Church of Mary, Temple of the Sebastoi, Parthian Monument.

1.4 miNE
Archaeological ruins of a Greek temple
Temple of Artemis, Selçuk
37 min walk • The Temple of Artemis, once considered one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, is a remarkable historical site located in the city of Selçuk, Turkey. This ancient Greek temple, dedicated to the goddess Artemis, was renowned for its grandeur and architectural...
0.4 miN
Historical place, Church
Church of Mary, Ephesus
11 min walk • The Church of Mary was an ancient Christian cathedral dedicated to the Theotokos, located in Ephesus. It is also known as the Church of the Councils because two councils of importance to the history of Early Christianity are assumed to have been held within.
~1120 ftSE
Temple, Ancient Roman architecture
Temple of the Sebastoi, Selçuk
6 min walk • The Temple of the Sebastoi in Ephesus, formerly called the Temple of Domitian, is a Roman temple dedicated to the Imperial cult of the Flavian dynasty. It was dedicated in CE 89/90 under the reign of Domitian. Its contemporary name is known from an adjacent inscription.
~40 ftSW
Monuments and statues
Parthian Monument, Ephesus
1 min walk • The Parthian Monument was a 2nd-century Roman monument in Ephesus, of which only remnants survive, now housed in the Ephesos Museum, part of the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna.
~390 ftS
37°56'18"N • 27°20'29"E
Terrace House, Ephesus
2 min walk • Ruins
1.2 miSE
, Archaeological site
Çukuriçi Höyük, Ephesus
32 min walk • Çukuriçi Höyük is a prehistoric Tell settlement on the Aegean coast of western Turkey. It is located about 1 km southeast of the ancient city of Ephesos, near the present city of Selçuk in the province of İzmir. Between 2007 and 2016 the settlement was systematically investigated.
~1310 ftSE
37°56'14"N • 27°20'40"E
Prytaneion, Selçuk
7 min walk • Ruins
~410 ftSE
37°56'19"N • 27°20'31"E
Temple of Hadrian, Ephesus
2 min walk • Ruins
~1320 ftSE
37°56'12"N • 27°20'39"E
Ephesus, Selçuk
7 min walk • Ruins

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Nearby attractions include Parthian Monument, Ephesus (1 min walk), Terrace House, Ephesus (2 min walk), Temple of Hadrian, Ephesus (2 min walk), Temple of the Sebastoi, Selçuk (6 min walk).