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Library of Celsus
The great Library of Celsus, built in 117 AD as a monumental tomb for Gaius Julius Celsus Polemaeanus, the Roman governor of the province of Asia. The grave was beneath the ground floor, just inside the main entrance under a statue of Athena, goddess of wisdom. The library facade has 2 stories, but there were actually three stories in the library, storing more than 12,000 scrolls. This made it the third largest library in the world at the time, behind the libraries of Alexandria and Pergamum. The library facade was restored by the Austrian Archeological Institute in 1910.
Library of Celsus
The great Library of Celsus, built in 117 AD as a monumental tomb for Gaius Julius Celsus Polemaeanus, the Roman governor of the province of Asia. The grave was beneath the ground floor, just inside the main entrance under a statue of Athena, goddess of wisdom. The library facade has 2 stories, but there were actually three stories in the library, storing more than 12,000 scrolls. This made it the third largest library in the world at the time, behind the libraries of Alexandria and Pergamum. The library facade was restored by the Austrian Archeological Institute in 1910.