Lower Gate

Ephesus


This is the second, less frequented entrance to the ruins at Ephesus.


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2. Harbour Street

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The 530m-long Harbour St was built by Byzantine Emperor Arcadius (r 395-408) to link the Great Theatre and the Middle Harbour Gate in a late attempt to…

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The middle of Harbour St (Arcadian Way) is marked by the shafts of Corinthian columns that once supported statues of the four Evangelists erected in the…

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