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Ephesus, the capital of the ancient city of Anatolia, is an extremely splendid metropolis. This mega ancient city,

whose unique architectural monuments have been standing for thousands of years, has entered the World

Heritage List. Based on Anatolia's mother goddess (Kybele) tradition, the Temple of Artemis, one of the Seven

Wonders of the ancient world, also increases the importance of Ephesus. The Ephesus Archaeological Site has

symbols of high-level urbanization, architecture and religious history belonging to different civilizations,

especially Hellenistic and Roman.

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Ephesus, starting from the prehistoric times and throughout the Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine (Eastern

Roman), principalities and Ottoman period, was always inhabited and was a political and commercial center.

Ephesus played an important role in science, culture and art throughout its history dating back to 7000 BC, and

was one of the most important metropolises in the ancient world. It was a major gateway and a port city

between East and West (Asia and Europe). It continued to evolve without losing its position.

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The Yamaçevler (Terrace Houses) region, where the prominent people of Ephesus lived in ancient times, was

used as a cemetery in the Hellenistic period before being converted into a living space by the Romans. When

the new settlers built their houses, they used the materials from their predecessors. People dwelled in these

ancient houses that were built AD 1, making some changes over the years until they ultimately abandoned

them.

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The house of the Virgin Mary, which is considered to be the Christian pilgrimage, is also located on Mt.

Koressos. It is believed that St. John brought Virgin Mary to Ephesus four or six years after Jesus died. Upon

German nun A. Katherina Emerich’s visions of the house, Lazarist missionaries did research and rediscovered

the building in 1891 and they confirmed that Mother Mary spent her last days here. The cross planned and

domed building was restored. Since Pope Paul VI’s visit in 1967, every year on August 15th, a ceremony has

been organized in the shrine, which is also considered sacred by Muslims.

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