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Selçuk

Library of Celsus

The Library of Celsus is an ancient Roman building in , , located near the modern town of , in the of western .
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  • Type: Ruins
  • Description: library constructed over the burial of the Roman senator Ti. Iulius Celsus Polemaeanus in Ephesus
  • Also known as: “Celsus Library”
  • Postal code: 35920
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Ephesus and South Gate (Gate of Mazeus and Mithridates).

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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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is a ruins.

Archaeological site
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is an archaeological site.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Çamlık and Şirince.

Village
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is a village, which is situated 7 km southeast of Library of Celsus.

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, formerly Kirkince or Çirkince, is a village nestled in the hills in , , 15 minutes from Selçuk, 20 minutes from the ancient site of Ephesus. today is very popular with Turkish tourists, especially on weekends.

Village
is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of , , . Its population is 922. is situated 8 km south of Library of Celsus.

Library of Celsus

Latitude
37.93922° or 37° 56′ 21″ north
Longitude
27.34083° or 27° 20′ 27″ east
Levels
2
Open location code
8G99W8QR+M8
Open­Street­Map ID
way 15782868
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­ruins
Wiki­data ID
Q744406
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Library of Celsus” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Celsus-biblioteek”
  • Albanian: “Biblioteka e Celsusit”
  • Arabic: “مكتبة سيلسوس”
  • Armenian: “Ցելսուսի գրադարան”
  • Asturian: “Biblioteca de Celsu”
  • Azerbaijani: “Efes Kelsus Kitabxanası”
  • Azerbaijani: “Kelsus Kitabxanası”
  • Basque: “Celsus liburutegia”
  • Basque: “Zeltsoren liburutegia”
  • Bulgarian: “Библиотека на Целс”
  • Bulgarian: “Библиотеката на Целс”
  • Catalan: “Biblioteca de Cels”
  • Chinese: “11.塞尔苏斯图书馆”
  • Chinese: “些索斯圖書館”
  • Chinese: “塞尔苏斯图书馆”
  • Chinese: “塞爾蘇斯圖書館”
  • Czech: “Celsova knihovna”
  • Dutch: “Bibliotheek van Celsus”
  • Esperanto: “Biblioteko de Celso”
  • Esperanto: “Biblioteko de Efezo”
  • Estonian: “Celsuse raamatukogu”
  • Estonian: “Efesose raamatukogu”
  • Estonian: “Ephesose raamatukogu”
  • Finnish: “Celsuksen kirjasto”
  • French: “bibliothèque de Celsus”
  • French: “Bibliothèque de Celsus”
  • Galician: “Biblioteca de Celso”
  • Georgian: “ცელსუსის ბიბლიოთეკა”
  • German: “Bibliothek von Ephesos”
  • German: “Celsus Bibliothek”
  • German: “Celsus-Bibliothek”
  • German: “Celsusbibliothek”
  • Greek: “Βιβλιοθήκη Κέλσου”
  • Greek: “Βιβλιοθήκη του Κέλσου”
  • Hausa: “Laburaren Celsus”
  • Hebrew: “ספריית קלסוס”
  • Hungarian: “Celsus könyvtára”
  • Indonesian: “Perpustakaan Celsus”
  • Italian: “Biblioteca di Celso”
  • Italian: “Biblioteca di Efeso”
  • Japanese: “ケルススの図書館”
  • Japanese: “ケルスス図書館”
  • Korean: “켈수스 도서관”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Celsus-biblioteket”
  • Norwegian: “Celsus-biblioteket”
  • Persian: “کتابخانه سلسوس”
  • Polish: “Biblioteka Celsusa”
  • Portuguese: “Biblioteca de Celso”
  • Russian: “Библиотека Цельса”
  • Russian: “Библиотека Цельсия”
  • Serbian: “Целзијусова библиотека”
  • Slovenian: “Celzova knjižnica”
  • Spanish: “Biblioteca de Celso”
  • Turkish: “Celsus Kütüphanesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Бібліотека Цельса”
  • Ukrainian: “Бібліотека Цельсія”
  • Urdu: “کتب خانہ کلسوس”
  • Vietnamese: “Thư viện Celsus”
  • Yue Chinese: “些索斯圖書館”
  • “Library of Celsus”

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