Library of Celsus

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The Library of Celsus is an ancient Roman monumental library in Ephesus, Turkey, renowned for its ornate façade and status as one of the best-preserved libraries of the classical world.

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Library of Celsus canonical 9

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Roman library ⓘ
monumental building ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
architecturalStyle Roman architecture ⓘ
ancient Roman architecture ⓘ
builder Tiberius Julius Aquila ⓘ
builtFor Tiberius Julius Celsus Polemaeanus ⓘ
commissionedBy Tiberius Julius Aquila ⓘ
completionDate c. 135 CE ⓘ
constructionStart c. 110 CE ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Turkey ⓘ
dedicatedTo Tiberius Julius Celsus Polemaeanus ⓘ
dedicationDate c. 135 CE ⓘ
destroyedBy earthquake ⓘ
destroyedDate 3rd century CE ⓘ
era Roman Empire ⓘ
floorCount 2 ⓘ
foundedBy Tiberius Julius Aquila ⓘ
function storage of scrolls ⓘ
hasPart columned portico ⓘ
crypt ⓘ
ornate façade ⓘ
reading room ⓘ
statue niches ⓘ
two-storey façade ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site component ⓘ
inception 2nd century CE ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Ephesus ⓘ
Selçuk ⓘ
İzmir Province ⓘ
locatedOn Curetes Street in Ephesus ⓘ
location Ephesus ⓘ
Selçuk ⓘ
Turkey ⓘ
İzmir Province ⓘ
materialUsed marble ⓘ
maximumCapacity approximately 12,000 scrolls ⓘ
namedAfter Tiberius Julius Celsus Polemaeanus ⓘ
notableFeature inscriptions honoring Celsus ⓘ
one of the best-preserved ancient libraries ⓘ
richly decorated façade ⓘ
partOf Archaeological Site of Ephesus ⓘ
reconstructionDate 1970s ⓘ
religionInContext Greco-Roman paganism ⓘ
restoration 1960s–1970s ⓘ
significantEvent collapse in earthquake in late antiquity ⓘ
modern anastylosis reconstruction in 20th century ⓘ
use library ⓘ
mausoleum ⓘ

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Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ephesus → knownFor → Library of Celsus ⓘ
Ephesus → hasStructure → Library of Celsus ⓘ
Curetes Street → connects → Library of Celsus ⓘ
subject linked to: Curetes Street in Ephesus
Curetes Street → adjacentTo → Library of Celsus ⓘ
subject linked to: Curetes Street in Ephesus
Archaeological Site of Ephesus → hasPart → Library of Celsus ⓘ
Tiberius Julius Aquila → commemoratedBy → Library of Celsus ⓘ