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Treasure of the ancient world

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One of antiquity's greatest cities, Ephesus still stuns with its marble main street, the two-storey façade of the Library of Celsus and a theatre that seated 25,000. Pair the ruins with the stone houses and fruit wines of nearby Şirince.

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Library of Celsus

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The icon of Ephesus — built in 117 AD, its two-storey marble façade once held 12,000 papyrus scrolls.

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