Description
Celsus Library
Celsus Library, one of the most important structures of the Ephesus Ancient City, was built by his son Gaius Julius Aquila in honor of Celsus between the years 110 - 135 AD.
The building, which is one of the most beautiful buildings of the Roman period, served as both a library and a tomb monument. When Celsius, the governor of Ephesus, died in 106, his son had the library built in his father's name as a funerary monument. Celsius's sarcophagus is under the west wall of the library.