Arcadian Avenue at UNESCO World Heritage Archaeological Site, Ephesus, Turkey
Arcadian Avenue at UNESCO World Heritage Archaeological Site, Ephesus, Turkey. Also known as Harbour Street. The following is credited to e-ephesushistory: The avenue from the theater to the harbor was called the Arcadian Avenue. Arcadius the son of the emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire, Theodosius (395-408), erected an inscription upon restoring the avenue to its present condition, hence the name of the avenue. The following is credited to : This street is situated between the Harbour Baths and the great theatre. Entering from the port, traders and sailors would first arrive in this street. So it was designed gorgeous with marbel slabs and colonnades. It was constructed in the Hellenistic Period, but then was restored during the reign of the Emperor Arcadius (395-408 AD.), from whom it takes its present name. The street was 530 meters long and 11 meters wide, and on both sides of the street there were shops and galleries, and gates in the form of monumental arches. There were four higher columns with the statues of four apostles on the top. It was one of the three lighted street at that time along with Rome and streetlights lit up its colonnades and water, sewerage channels ran beneath the marble flagstones. The first building near the theatre is called the Theatre is a Second Century AD building with two floors and numerous was used for sports ground. At the entrance of the port there were the Port Baths or the Harbour were built in the year 2 Baths are also called the Baths of Constantine, for they were restored by Constantine II (337-361). It was one of the largest building with 160 m wide, 170 m long and 28 m high.
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Location: Arcadian Avenue (Harbour Street) UNESCO World Heritage Archaeological Site, Ephesus, Turkey
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