Philadelphia
2020年11月7日, トルコ ⋅ ☀️ 13 °C
Another of the churches mentioned in Revelation. Pictures are of the remains of the 6th century church of Saint John. The entire old city is gone with the modern city built on top.
Temple of Artemis, Sardes
2020年11月7日, トルコ ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
Major temple to Artemis located at Sardes (see another post). This is one of the seven important Artemis temples of Asia Minor. The scale of the place is extraordinary. The columns are original, andもっと詳しく
Sardes "downtown"
2020年11月7日, トルコ ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
This is the city of another of the churches mentioned in Revelation. Sardes was also the capital of Lydia up until the Persian invasion.
The 1st picture is a wall between the gymnasium (which is theもっと詳しく
Basilica of Saint John
2020年11月7日, トルコ ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
Major church dedicated to Saint John, the disciple who accompanied Mary after the crucification. The basilica was built by Justinian in the 6th century.
The 1st is a photo of a model showing what theもっと詳しく
Morning over the Aegean
2020年11月8日, トルコ ⋅ ☀️ 11 °C
These pictures were taken just after dawn from the rooftop restaurant of a hotel in Kusadasi on the Aegean coast, just after dawn. Kusadasi is s lovely place, worth coming back to.
BTW, that island inもっと詳しく
Mary's House
2020年11月8日, トルコ ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
Tradition holds that Mary, the mother of Jesus, lived out her last years with the apostle John, in a small house hidden in the hills above Ephesus. This is believed to be the place.
The currentもっと詳しく
Ephesus, Upper City
2020年11月8日, トルコ ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
Ephesus was a major city, capital of the Roman province of Asia Minor. There were typically 2 separate parts of the city in those days. The upper city was the elite and government area. Regular folksもっと詳しく
Terrace Houses, Ephesus
2020年11月8日, トルコ ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
These are homes of the wealthy, built on a hillside. They are extraordinarily spectacular. The pictures hardly do justice to what has been preserved/restored. The frescoes, mosaics, etc are allもっと詳しく
Ephesus, Lower City
2020年11月8日, トルコ ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
This is where everyone else lived, worked, played, traded, etc. This area ran from the harbor up to the gate of Herakles (1st picture) which divided the upper and lower cities. Due to sedimentation,もっと詳しく
Mary Church
2020年11月8日, トルコ ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
The first church named for the mother of Jesus and the site of the third ecumenical council in 431 AD. The building from that time has been rebuilt, replaced, etc. What remains are the ruins andもっと詳しく
Sirince
2020年11月8日, トルコ ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
An old town that had been Greek prior to the population exchange in 1923 like Karaköy (see other post). The difference, of course, is that this is still an active village that gives a sense of whatもっと詳しく
Temple of Artemis
2020年11月9日, トルコ ⋅ ☀️ 11 °C
One of the 7 wonders of the ancient world, destroyed in the 4th century. Only 1 column remains. Most were reused elsewhere, including in Hagia Sophia (see post from last year). In the 1st pictureもっと詳しく
Red Hall, Pergamon
2020年11月9日, トルコ ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
One of the few ancient structures remaining from the lower city of Pergamom, now called Bergama. Red Hall is the local name for the building, made of brick.
The building was originally constructed asもっと詳しく
Pergamom Acropolis
2020年11月9日, トルコ ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
The upper city of a typical Greco-Roman city and one of the better preserved jn Asia Minor. The lower city was mostly built over. Sadly, the altar of Zeus was in great shape, but is in a museum inもっと詳しく
Troy
2020年11月9日, トルコ ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Hugely important ancient city, known to most of us from Homer's Iliad. Troy is located at the mouth of the Dardanelles, the entry to the Sea of Marmara, Istanbul, the Bosporus and Black Sea. They hadもっと詳しく
Dardanelles
2020年11月10日, トルコ ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Major transportation artery that controls water borne shipping to Istanbul and the Black Sea from the Mediterranean. This has always been a strategic prize and economic generator for whoever couldもっと詳しく
