Category:Selçuk Castle

The Selçuk Castle or Ayasuluk Castle (Ayasuluk Kalesi, Selçuk Kalesi) is a castle on the same hill as the basilica of St. John. When Ephesus declined due to silting of its harbour, the Byzantines built Ayasuluk Castle, using stones from disused Greek and Roman buildings for its construction. On the slope of the hill they built the Basilica of St. John, which they protected with walls also. So the castle in this category is the original one of a later citadel. Maybe for that reason some pictures of the basilica speak of it as a “kale”.

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