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  • geo:37.952618,27.367649

Period or year

  • 5xx / unknown

Classification

  • temple
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Ephesus, Church of St John

data access 26167

The sixts century Basilica of St. John the Apostle, built on the site of the Apostle's tomb.

Sources:

  1. Wood, John T., Discoveries at Ephesus: including the site and remains of the Great Temple of Diana London, 1877, https://archive.org/details/discoveriesateph00wood_0
  2. Ekrem Akurgal, Ancient Civilisations and Ruins of Turkey: From Prehistoric Times Until the End of the Roman Empire, II ed., Istanbul 1970, pp.145-146
  3. Francesco D´Andria, The Sanctuary of St Philip in Hierapolis and the tombs of saints in Anatolian cities, in J.R. BRANDT, E. HAGELBERG, G. BIØRNSTAD, S. AHRENS, Lıfe and Death in Asia Minor in Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine Times. Studies in Archaeology and Bioarchaeology, Oxford and Philadelphia, 2016

Byzantine church and fort

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Creators: Entry created by Jona Lendering (2016-03-27) , last updated by Elżbieta (2026-02-19), with possible contributions by others. CC BY-SA 4.0, metadata CC-0.
Persistent URI: https://vici.org/vici/26167
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Suggested citation: Lendering, J. and Elżbieta, Ephesus, Church of St John. https://vici.org/vici/26167, accessed 2026-10-31.