Ephesus

Ephesus is a UNESCO World Heritage Site with magnificent Roman ruins. It's in the region of Turkey 4 km west of and 19 km northeast of the beach resort of .
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: ancient Greek city in Anatolia
  • Also known as: “Efes”, “Ephesos”, “ephesus”, and “Mint of Ephesus”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Temple of Artemis and Library of Celsus.

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The or Artemision, also known as the Temple of Diana, was a Greek temple dedicated to a localised form of the goddess Artemis. It was located in Ephesus, near modern-day in .

Ruins
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The is an ancient Roman building in Ephesus, , located near the modern town of , in the of western .

Ruins
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The was an ancient Christian cathedral dedicated to the Theotokos, located in Ephesus. It is also known as the Church of the Councils because several councils of importance to the history of Early Christianity are assumed to have been held within, although only the first one is accepted by Chalcedonian Christians.

Ephesus

Latitude
37.941° or 37° 56′ 27″ north
Longitude
27.3425° or 27° 20′ 33″ east
Elevation
7 metres (23 feet)
Open location code
8G99W8RV+92
Open­Street­Map ID
way 244582409
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
7522155
Wiki­data ID
Q47611
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Ephesus” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Efese”
  • Amharic: “ኤፌሶን”
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Ἔφεσος”
  • Arabic: “أفسس”
  • Arabic: “أفسوس”
  • Arabic: “إفسس”
  • Arabic: “إفسوس”
  • Arabic: “افسس”
  • Armenian: “Եփեսոս”
  • Armenian: “Էֆես”
  • Arpitan: “Èfèso”
  • Asturian: “Éfesu”
  • Azerbaijani: “Efes”
  • Basque: “Efeso”
  • Belarusian: “Эфес”
  • Belarusian: “Эфэс (горад)”
  • Belarusian: “Эфэс”
  • Bengali: “এফেসাস”
  • Bengali: “এফেসোস”
  • Bosnian: “Efes”
  • Breton: “Efesios”
  • Breton: “Efesos”
  • Bulgarian: “Ефес”
  • Catalan: “Efes”
  • Catalan: “Efeso”
  • Central Kurdish: “ئەفسوس”
  • Chinese: “以弗所”
  • Chinese: “爱菲索斯”
  • Chinese: “艾菲斯”
  • Chinese: “艾菲索斯”
  • Croatian: “Efez”
  • Czech: “Efes”
  • Czech: “Efesos”
  • Czech: “Efez”
  • Czech: “Ephesos”
  • Danish: “Efesos”
  • Danish: “Efesus”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Efes”
  • Dutch: “Efese”
  • Dutch: “Efesos”
  • Dutch: “Efesus”
  • Dutch: “Efeze”
  • Dutch: “Ephese”
  • Dutch: “Ephesos”
  • Dutch: “Ephesus”
  • Dutch: “Epheze”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “افسس”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “افسوس”
  • Erzya: “Эфес ош”
  • Esperanto: “Efeso”
  • Esperanto: “Efezo”
  • Estonian: “Ephesos”
  • Extremaduran: “Éfesu”
  • Faroese: “Efesus”
  • Finnish: “Efeso”
  • Finnish: “Efesos”
  • French: “Ephese”
  • French: “Ephèse”
  • French: “Éphèse”
  • Galician: “Éfeso”
  • Georgian: “ეფესო”
  • German: “Apasa”
  • German: “Efesos”
  • German: “Ephesos”
  • German: “Ephesus”
  • Gothic: “𐌰𐌹𐍆𐌰𐌹𐍃𐍉”
  • Greek: “Ἔφεσος”
  • Greek: “Έφεσος”
  • Greek: “Έφεσσος”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Yî-fut-só”
  • Hebrew: “אפסוס”
  • Hindi: “इफिसुस”
  • Hungarian: “Apasa”
  • Hungarian: “Apasas”
  • Hungarian: “Apašaš”
  • Hungarian: “Apasza”
  • Hungarian: “Apaszasz”
  • Hungarian: “Efes”
  • Hungarian: “Efeszosz”
  • Hungarian: “Efezus”
  • Hungarian: “Ephesos”
  • Hungarian: “Ephesus”
  • Hungarian: “Epheszosz”
  • Icelandic: “Efesos”
  • Icelandic: “Efesus”
  • Indonesian: “Efesus”
  • Indonesian: “Ephesos”
  • Irish: “Eifeasas”
  • Italian: “Efeso”
  • Japanese: “エフェス”
  • Japanese: “エフェソ”
  • Japanese: “エフェソス”
  • Japanese: “エペソ”
  • Japanese: “エペソス”
  • Javanese: “Efesus”
  • Kadazan Dusun: “Ephesos”
  • Korean: “에베소”
  • Korean: “에페소”
  • Korean: “에페소스”
  • Korean: “에페수스”
  • Korean: “에페이소스”
  • Kurdish: “Efes”
  • Kurdish: “Efesos”
  • Latin: “Ephesus”
  • Latvian: “Efesa”
  • Lithuanian: “Efesas”
  • Macedonian: “Ефес”
  • Malagasy: “Efeso”
  • Malagasy: “Efesosy”
  • Malagasy: “Efesôsy”
  • Malay: “Efesus”
  • Malay: “Ephesos”
  • Maltese: “Efes”
  • Maltese: “Efesu”
  • Maltese: “Ephesus”
  • Maori: “Epehi”
  • Marathi: “इफेसूस”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Ī-hók-sū”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Efesos”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Efesus”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ephesus”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Efesos”
  • Norwegian: “Efesos”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Efès”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Ephese”
  • Persian: “افز”
  • Persian: “افسس”
  • Persian: “ِافِسُس”
  • Persian: “افسوس”
  • Persian: “افه سوس”
  • Persian: “افهٔ سوس”
  • Persian: “افه‌سوس”
  • Persian: “شهر افسوس”
  • Polish: “Efez”
  • Portuguese: “Efes”
  • Portuguese: “Éfeso”
  • Romanian: “Apasa”
  • Romanian: “Efes”
  • Russian: “Ефес, город в Малой Азии”
  • Russian: “Ефес”
  • Russian: “Эфес”
  • Saterfriesisch: “Ephesos”
  • Scots: “Ephesus”
  • Serbian: “Ефез”
  • Serbian: “Ефес”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Efes”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Efez”
  • Sicilian: “Efesu”
  • Sicilian: “Èfesu”
  • Sicilian: “Èfisu”
  • Silesian: “Efez”
  • Slovak: “Efesos”
  • Slovak: “Efez”
  • Slovak: “Efezos”
  • Slovenian: “Efez”
  • Spanish: “Álope”
  • Spanish: “Efeso”
  • Spanish: “Éfeso”
  • Spanish: “Esmirna”
  • Spanish: “Hemonio”
  • Spanish: “Ortigia”
  • Spanish: “Ptelea”
  • Spanish: “Traquia”
  • Swahili: “Efeso”
  • Swedish: “Efasos”
  • Swedish: “Efes”
  • Swedish: “Efesos”
  • Swedish: “Efesus”
  • Swedish: “Ephesus”
  • Swiss German: “Ephesos”
  • Tagalog: “Efeso”
  • Tagalog: “Ephesus”
  • Tamil: “எபேசஸ்”
  • Thai: “Ephesus”
  • Thai: “เอฟาซัส”
  • Thai: “เอฟิซัส”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Ephesos”
  • Turkish: “Apaša”
  • Turkish: “Efes Antik Kenti”
  • Turkish: “Efes Antik Şehri”
  • Turkish: “Efes Harabeleri”
  • Turkish: “Efes”
  • Turkish: “Ephesos”
  • Turkish: “Ephesus”
  • Ukrainian: “Ефес”
  • Urdu: “افسس”
  • Uzbek: “Efes”
  • Venetian: “Èfezo”
  • Vietnamese: “Ephesus”
  • Walloon: “Efeze”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Ephesus”
  • Welsh: “Effesus”
  • Welsh: “Ephesus”
  • Wu Chinese: “以弗所”
  • Yue Chinese: “艾菲索斯”

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