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Ephesus is an ancient city which is within the
borders of Selçuk. It is on the toot of Mount Panayer
and Mount Bülbül 3 km west of Selçuk. It is one of the
best protected ancient cities of western Asia. It become
an important tourism center because it is a holy place
to visit for christianity. Most of the existing
buildings were built during the Roman period. In the
first year of Christianity, St. Paul (Paulus) came here
and stayed for 3,5 years and St. John (Hojanna) came
here and wrote the Bible here. Ephesus was the most
famous city in Western Anatolia in the Ionian period
because the Virgin Mary lived here in her last years.
The bible was written here, council meetings were held
thre times and the first 7 churches were established
here.
Ephesus
is the second city after İstanbul which is visited most
by tourists. Ephesus moved five times because of
political and geographical difficults. The city was
under Ionian authority in the XI. century BC and under
Ottoman authority after 1390. The Greeks occupaid the
city on 22. May 1919 but it was burned on 8. September
1922.
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