Ephesus

Ruins of the ancient Greek city of Ephesus in western Turkey..
The Celsus Library.. Built by Gaius Julius Aquila in memory of his father ın AD 125. He is buried here as well... It was massive!

This theatre held 24,000 and was a common site for animal fights and gladiator competitions. St. Paul also spoke here against paganism and the Greek goddess Artemis. After he spoke, the people chanted "Artemis is great!!" for 3 hours and St. Paul had to leave the city. It was built in the 1st century AD but was damaged heavily in an earthquake a couple hundred years later.

The virgin Mary came and spent time in Ephesus later in her life. This is whats left of the "Church of Mary" and the only place that the virgin Mary and I have both stepped foot!

We stayed in the town of Selçuk, a couple miles away. Here are some pics of the town and and some sort of street festival that we stumbled upon..