Kusadasi and Ephesus

Turkey 2013
P000-a Kusadasi, literally meaning ‘Bird Island’; taking its name from the tiny island known as Güvercin Adası or Pigeon Island, attached to the mainland by a...
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P000-b1a ... we arrived Kusadasi on this ship...
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P000-c1 ... port of Kusadasi... an important port back in the 1400s when the Ottomans made use of the port as a trading center for agricultural products brought over...
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P000-c2 ... statue of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk on the hilltop of the Kusadasi town... Atatürk, first president and founder of the Republic of Turkey...
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P000-e1 ... Ne mutlu Türküm diyene (in English: How happy is the one who says
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P000-j1 Kusadasi... one of Turkey's most cosmopolitan resort towns; famous for its sandy beaches and its close proximity (~30 minutes driving distance) to the...
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P001 The ancient city of Ephesus (Efes), located east of the Aegean Sea at the mouth of the Cayster (Kaystros) River; one of the most important cities of the ancient...
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P003 Ephesus... with a heritage dating back to 6000 BC, onsidered to be the largest outdoor museum in present day Turkey, site of the most beautiful well preserved...
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P003b2 ... in ancient times, Ephesus was the home of the Temple of Artemis (one of the Seven Wonders of the World); today, it remains a sacred site for Christians...
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P003b5 ... remains of the Fountain of Laecainus Bassus (Hydrekdocheion), construction was ordered by Gaius Laecanius Bassus (a wealthy government of Ephesus) ~80AD......
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P003b7 ... ruins of the Bath of Varius, construction dating to the 2nd century AD, its north and east walls carved from natural outcroppings of rock... the mosaics in...
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P004k1 ... close-up details of the ruin remains...
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P010b3 ... inscription on the marble ruins...
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P010e1 ... the aqueduct remains of the
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P011a1 ... the Basilica, used for stock exchange, commercial business and law courts meetings, a typical Roman Basilica constructed in three sections during the reign...
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P011e8 ... the State Agora immediately alongside the Basilica, re-built during the Roman Period in the 1st century during the reigns of Augustus and Claudius, played...
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P012 The Odeion, a small semi-circular theater constructed around 150 AD by the order of Publius Vedius Antonius and his wife Flavia paiana, two wealthy citizens in...
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P015 ... Odeon, originally built as a Bouleutetion (council chamber) for senate meetings, also used as a concert hall for plays and concert performance...
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P017 ... 22 stairs, a seating capacity of ~1450 spectators, theater used to be enclosed with a wooden roof...
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P019 ... entrances at both sides of the stage; upper part of the theater decorated with red granite Corinthian style pillars...
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