Private Tour Ephesus for Cruise Guests

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1. The house of the Virgin Mary: visit and Eucharistic celebration at the house of the Blessed Virgin Mary. It is known with certainty that John lived in Ephesus. Christ, on the cross, before dying, entrusted his mother to his favorite apostle. Therefore Jesus - says the Gospel - when he saw his mother and the disciple he loved by his side, he said to the mother: Woman, here is your son! Then he said to the disciple: Here is your mother! and from that moment the disciple received her in his house. Therefore, the Virgin could reasonably have followed John to Ephesus. In favor of this theory, there is also the presence, in Ephesus, of a basilica from the Constantinian period that was dedicated to the Virgin Mary. The third Ecumenical Council, which proclaimed the Virgin “Mother of God”, took place in this basilica in 431. Pope Leo XIII (1878-1903) ruled favorably on these discoveries and reestablished them, mentioning Ephesus as the probable place of the Virgin's dormition.

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2. Ephesus: Greco-Roman city, the ancient capital of Asia Minor and one of the best preserved of antiquity, where you can find the Temple of Hadrian, the Temple of Trajan, the theater, the library of Celsus, etc. Travel the history throughout the marble streets lined with wonderful public buildings, among them the Scholastica Baths, and the Library of Celsus; It was built in the early 2nd century AD. C. by Gaius Julius Aquila to be a monument to his father Gaius Julio Celsus Polemanus, the proconsul of the Province of Asia. , the Temple of Hadrian and the Grand Theater are two of the most impressive buildings in Ephesus. The great theater was built in the 3rd century BC. C. and later it was expanded to 24,000 spectators by the Romans in the 1st century AD. C. The theater was the place where Saint Paul preached,

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3. The Temple of Artemis is known as one of the Seven Wonders of the ancient world. It has been built in the areas of Ephesus on a flat area which has over the centuries turned into a swamp. If you visit Ephesus today, you can only see the ruins of the foundations of this marvelous construction of the Hellenistic Age, entirely made of marble and full of sculptured columns' capitals and shafts. The most beautiful remains of this temple are today exhibited in the London British Museum.

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