House of the Virgin Mary

The House of the Virgin Mary is a Catholic shrine located on Mt. Koressos in the vicinity of , 7 kilometres from in . The house was discovered in the 19th century by following the descriptions in the reported visions of Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich, a Roman Catholic nun and visionary, which were published as a book by Clemens Brentano after her death.
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  • Type: Church
  • Description: Catholic and Muslim shrine located on Mt. Koressos
  • Also known as: “House of Virgin Mary” and “Meryem Ana Evi”
  • Address: Küme Evler, Atatürk Mahallesi - Meryemana Mevkii, Selçuk, İzmir, 35920

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Ephesus and Library of Celsus.

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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 .

Ruins
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The is an ancient Roman building in , , located near the modern town of , in the of western . is situated 3 km north of House of the Virgin Mary.

Archaeological site
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Ephesus was an ancient Greek city on the coast of Ionia, in present-day in , . It was built in the 10th century BC on the site of Apasa, a city-state that was also the capital of Arzawa, by and Ionian Greek colonists. is situated 3 km north of House of the Virgin Mary.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Çamlık and Yeniköy.

Village
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is a village, which is situated 5 km southeast of House of the Virgin Mary.

Village
is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of , , . Its population is 922. is situated 5 km south of House of the Virgin Mary.

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is a beach resort in the region of Turkey, 95 km south of Izmir. It has a resident population of 113,580, which doubles in summer with tourists and seasonal workers.

House of the Virgin Mary

Latitude
37.91154° or 37° 54′ 42″ north
Longitude
27.33401° or 27° 20′ 3″ east
Open location code
8G99W86M+JJ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1412797204
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Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
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tourism=­museum
Wiki­data ID
Q135779
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Welsh—“House of the Virgin Mary” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Huis van die Maagd Maria”
  • Afrikaans: “Meryem Ana Evi”
  • Arabic: “بيت مريم العذراء”
  • Azerbaijani: “Məryəm Ananın Evi”
  • Belarusian: “Дом Багародзіцы (Эфес)”
  • Belarusian: “Дом Багародзіцы (Эфэс)”
  • Belarusian: “Дом Багародзіцы”
  • Bulgarian: “Къщата на Богородица в Ефес”
  • Catalan: “Casa de la Verge Maria”
  • Dutch: “Huis van de maagd Maria”
  • Dutch: “Meryemana”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بيت مريم العذراء”
  • Esperanto: “domo de la Virgulino Maria”
  • Esperanto: “Domo de la Virgulino Maria”
  • Esperanto: “Meryem Ana Evi”
  • Finnish: “Neitsyt Marian talo”
  • French: “maison de la Vierge Marie”
  • French: “Maison de la Vierge Marie”
  • French: “Maison de Marie”
  • German: “Haus der Mutter Maria”
  • German: “Meryem Ana Evi”
  • German: “Meryemana”
  • Hebrew: “בית האם מרים”
  • Hungarian: “Szűz Mária háza”
  • Indonesian: “Rumah Bunda Maria”
  • Italian: “casa di Maria”
  • Italian: “Casa di Maria”
  • Kazakh: “Мәриям-ана үйі”
  • Korean: “동정 마리아의 집”
  • Korean: “동정녀 마리아의 집”
  • Korean: “마리아의 집”
  • Korean: “성모 마리아의 집”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Jomfru Marias hus”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Meryemana”
  • Norwegian: “Meryemana”
  • Persian: “خانه مریم مقدس”
  • Polish: “Dom Dziewicy Maryi”
  • Polish: “Dom Marii Dziewicy”
  • Polish: “Dom Najświętszej Marii Panny”
  • Portuguese: “casa da Virgem Maria”
  • Portuguese: “Casa da Virgem Maria”
  • Portuguese: “Meryem Ana Evi”
  • Portuguese: “Meryem Ana”
  • Romanian: “Casa Fecioarei Maria”
  • Russian: “Дом Богородицы”
  • Russian: “Дом Девы Марии”
  • Serbian: “Кућа Богородице”
  • Spanish: “Casa de la Virgen Maria”
  • Spanish: “casa de la Virgen María”
  • Spanish: “Casa de la Virgen María”
  • Turkish: “Meryem Ana Evi”
  • Ukrainian: “Будинок Богородиці (Ефес)”
  • Ukrainian: “Будинок Богородиці”
  • Urdu: “بیت کنواری مریم”
  • Uzbek: “Bokira Maryamning uyi”
  • Vietnamese: “Nhà Đức Trinh nữ Maria”
  • Vlax Romani: “O Kher i Devleski daj Maria”
  • Welsh: “Tŷ’r Forwyn Fair”

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