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UNESCO Components

UNESCO World Heritage List

In 2015, Ephesus was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List with four components.

  1. I

    Çukuriçi Mound

    The stone that pushed the history of Ephesus back a thousand years

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  2. II

    Ancient City of Ephesus

    UNESCO’s Golden City

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  3. III

    Ayasuluk Hill

    The ancestor of Ephesus

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  4. IV

    House of the Virgin Mary

    The sacred house hidden on the summit of Mount Bülbül

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