The Celsus Library, A Monument to Knowledge and Elegance

Efes Selcuk Merkez, Selcuk, Ephesus, Turkey
On the front, there is a sculpture of a woman
4.7
Architecture

Introduction

The Seljuk Library Ruins Park is located in Asia Minor and is a magnificent library built by the son of Roman ruler Usserius, Anquira Seljuk, to commemorate his deceased father on his tomb. The niches on the library walls can hold about 12,000 volumes of books. The collection inside the library covers poetry, history, philosophy, and other fields and reached the highest level at that time. Visitors can now appreciate the ruins of this great building, including the facade of the library, the sculptures on the roof, and the reliefs on the walls. The grandeur of this ancient building and the spirit of reading and knowledge transmission it represents are breathtaking.

Must-go rating

Must go
33%
Worth going
67%

Transportation

100%
Self-driving
There is a parking lot
Address
Efes Selcuk Merkez, Selcuk, Ephesus, Turkey

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