Ephesus Ancient City Joins UNESCO's World Heritage List
Ephesus Ancient City located in Selçuk district of İzmir province, a western city in Turkey, joined UNESCO’s World Heritage List. Diyarbakır Fortress and Hevsel Gardens also joined the list from Turkey, this year.
39th Session of the World Heritage Committee of UNESCO which was held on June 28 in Germany took the vote. House of Virgin Mary, Ayasuluk Fortress and Çukuriçi Höyük (mound in the pit) also were included in the list. Pergamon and its Multi-Layered Cultural Landscape had joined the heritage list from İzmir province last year.
In a list with 31 candidates, Turkey’s two historical sites entered for UNESCO's World Heritage List, this year. Now, Turkey’s 15 historical places are included in the list.
Ephesus
Ephesus was an ancient Greek city on the coast of Ionia, three kilometers southwest of present-day Selçuk in İzmir Province, Turkey. During the Classical Greek era it was one of the twelve cities of the Ionian League. It was built in the 10th century BC.
Ephesus ancient City was included in UNESCO’s World Heritage Temporary List in 1994. (BD)
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Which sites from Turkey are included in the list?Göreme National Park and the Rock Sites of Cappadocia Great Mosque and Hospital of Divriği Historic Areas of Istanbul Hattusha: the Hittite Capital Nemrut Dağ Hierapolis-Pamukkale Xanthos-Letoon City of Safranbolu Archaeological Site of Troy Selimiye Mosque and its Social Complex Neolithic Site of Çatalhöyük Bursa and Cumalıkızık: the Birth of the Ottoman Empire Pergamon and its Multi-Layered Cultural Landscape Diyarbakır Fortress and Hevsel Gardens Cultural Landscape Ephesus |