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Library of Celsus

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Ship Viking Star The Library of Celsus was completed in 135 AD as a mausoleum for Celsus, a Roman senator who was buried in a sarcophagus beneath the library's entrance. Photo: JD Lasica · Special to Cruiseable
Destination Kusadasi (Ephesus) Four statues on the front side of the Library of Celsus depict Wisdom, Virtue, Intellect and Knowledge. Photo: JD Lasica · Special to Cruiseable
Destination Kusadasi (Ephesus) Four statues on the front side of the Library of Celsus depict Wisdom, Virtue, Intellect and Knowledge. Photo: JD Lasica · Special to Cruiseable
Destination Kusadasi (Ephesus) Four statues on the front side of the Library of Celsus depict Wisdom, Virtue, Intellect and Knowledge. Photo: JD Lasica · Special to Cruiseable
Destination Kusadasi (Ephesus) Four statues on the front side of the Library of Celsus depict Wisdom, Virtue, Intellect and Knowledge. Photo: JD Lasica · Special to Cruiseable
Destination Kusadasi (Ephesus) Four statues on the front side of the Library of Celsus depict Wisdom, Virtue, Intellect and Knowledge. Photo: JD Lasica · Special to Cruiseable
Destination Kusadasi (Ephesus) The Library of Celsus was built in 114-117 AD by Consul Gaius Julius Aquila to honor his father Celsus, a Roman senator. Photo: JD Lasica · Special to Cruiseable
Destination Kusadasi (Ephesus) The Library of Celsus at Ephesus, seen from the side. Photo: JD Lasica · Special to Cruiseable
Destination Kusadasi (Ephesus) Façade of the Library of Celsus library in Ephesus, Turkey. See it on a Mediterranean cruise. Photo: Benh Lieu Song · Creative Commons BY-SA
Ship Carnival Vista The library of Celsus is an ancient Roman building in Ephesus, now part of Selçuk, Turkey. It was built in honor of the Roman senator Tiberius Julius Celsus Polemaeanus. GoTurkey.com