The Marble Way Ephesus

The marble way is amazing when you walk there you can really feel history come to life.

The marble way ephesus.

Marble street celsus library curetes way. Porters moving wares on donkey back. A collonaded marble road that connected the harbour and the theatre. From the theatre walk south along the marble paved sacred way also called the marble way.

Toga clad matrons shopping in the best places on either side. Imagine merchants hastening toward you down to the harbor to inspect newly arrived cargoes. The whole site of ephesus is uneven so plan to traverse uneven terrain. The arcadian way was used as a ceremony road.

See 13 reviews articles and 11 photos of marble way ranked no 20 on tripadvisor among 32 attractions in selcuk. It was built as a greek city during the hellenistic period and was a 530m long street that had 50 streetlights shops and galleries. Ephesus marble road is the road starting form the great theatre to the celsus library which is the portion of the sacred way that leads past panayir dagi to the temple of artemis the construction of the marble road dates to the 1st century a d and it was rebuilt in the 5th century. Just imagine how many people walked there in ancient times.

Traces of chariots can be seen here. Note the remains of the city s elaborate water and sewer systems beneath the paving stones and the ruts made by wheeled vehicles which were not permitted along the arcadian way. The arkadiane was built to impress visitors to the great city of ephesus. The western side of the road is enclosed by the agora wall and on the wall is a higher platform which was.

Jun 23 2020 one of several ancient streets connecting the ruins of ephesus marble way begins below the theatre and continues into the city center. On the west side in the middle of the marble road on the pavement is a piece of marble with graffiti showing a woman with a crown a heart and a left foot. The marble road is another main street between the library and the theater but it was originally part of the sacred road stretching to the artemis temple. Bed and breakfast selcuk.