State Agora
State Agora is an archaeological site in Selçuk, İzmir Province. State Agora is situated nearby to the ruins Aqueduct, as well as near Prytaneion.Photo: Daniel VILLAFRUELA, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: ancient square in Ephesus
- Also known as: “State Agora of Ephesus”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ephesus and Odeon of Ephesus.
Ephesus
Photo: Kadellar, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ephesus is a UNESCO World Heritage Site with magnificent Roman ruins. It's in the Central Aegean region of Turkey 4 km west of Selçuk and 19 km northeast of the beach resort of Kuşadası.
Odeon of Ephesus
Archaeological site
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Ephesus was an ancient Greek city on the coast of Ionia, in present-day Selçuk in İzmir Province, Turkey. It was built in the 10th century BC on the site of Apasa, a city-state that was also the capital of Arzawa, by Attic and Ionian Greek colonists.
Library of Celsus
Ruins
Photo: Benh, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Library of Celsus is an ancient Roman building in Ephesus, Anatolia, located near the modern town of Selçuk, in the İzmir Province of western Turkey. Library of Celsus is situated 440 metres northwest of State Agora.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Çamlık and Şirince.
Çamlık
Village
Photo: warrenlemay, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Çamlık is a village, which is situated 7 km southeast of State Agora.
Şirince
Photo: Elelicht, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Şirince, formerly Kirkince or Çirkince, is a village nestled in the hills in Central Aegean Region, Turkey, 15 minutes from Selçuk, 20 minutes from the ancient site of Ephesus. Şirince today is very popular with Turkish tourists, especially on weekends.
Yeniköy
Village
Yeniköy is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Kuşadası, Aydın Province, Turkey. Its population is 922. Yeniköy is situated 8 km south of State Agora.
State Agora
- Categories: agora, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Selçuk, İzmir Province, Turkey, Eastern Mediterranean Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.93637° or 37° 56′ 11″ northLongitude
27.34424° or 27° 20′ 39″ eastOpen location code
8G99W8PV+GMOpenStreetMap ID
way 244758793OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q77071662
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Finnish to Turkish—“State Agora” goes by many names.
- Finnish: “Efesoksen hallinnollinen agora”
- French: “Agora civique”
- German: “Obere Agora”
- German: “Staatsmarkt”
- Greek: “Κρατική Αγορά”
- Spanish: “Ágora administrativa de Éfeso”
- Spanish: “Ágora estatal de Éfeso”
- Turkish: “Devlet Agorası”
- Turkish: “Yukarı Agora”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Temple in State Agora and Aqueduct.
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