Near Acarlar in Selçuk, İzmir, Turkey — West Asia or Southeast Europe
The Memmius Monument
Memmius Anıtı
Der Memmiusbau
Photographed By Barry Swackhamer, May 2, 2015
1. The Memmius Monument Marker
Captions (English / Turkish): 1. The Memius Monument after excavation. / Kazi çalişmalari sonrasida Memius Antit.; 2. Reconstruction of the Memmius Monument. / Memmius Aniti'nin rekonstrüksiyonu.; 3. The find context of a relief slab. / Buluduǧu duruuyla kabartmali plaka.
The Memmius Monument was built between 50 and 30 B.C. at a particularly prominent site: it is an honorific monument for Gaius Memmius, a grandson of the Roman Dictator Sulla. The reconstruction proposes a tower-like structure with a cone-shaped roof; reliefs between the columns of the upper storey depicted the virtues of the individual honoured. At present there is no reconstruction at the site, but instead a Cubistic modern architectural collage.
Turkish:
Memmius Anıtı, özellikle göze çarpan bir yerde İ.Ö. 50 ve 30 yılları arasında inşa edilmiştir: Romalı Diktatör SuIla'nın torunlarından biri olan Gaius Memmius için bir onur anıtıdır. Rekonstrüksiyonu konik damlı kule biçiminde bir üst yapı öngörür, üst katın sütunları arasındaki kabartmalarda onurlandırılan kişinin faziletleri tasvir edilmekteydi. Günümüzde yapının rekonstrüksiyonu yerine kübizmi andıran modern bir mimari kolajı mevcuttur.
German: To read the German text, click on the marker image to enlarge it.
Erected by Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlıǧı and Osterreichisches Archaologisches Institut.
Topics. This historical marker and monument
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Location. 37° 56.233′ N, 27° 20.586′ E. Marker is near Acarlar, İzmir, in Selçuk. Marker can be reached from Efes Yolu close to Dr. Sabri Yayla Boulevard (İzmir Route D515). Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Acarlar, İzmir 35920, Turkey. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. The Temple of Domitian (a few steps from this marker); The 'Heracles Gate' (within shouting distance of this marker); Pollio Monument and Fountain of Domitian (within shouting distance of this marker); The Inscriptions Museum (about 120 meters away, measured in a direct line); The 'Rhodian Peristyle' and The Prytaneum (about 120 meters away); Hydrekdocheion (about 120 meters away); The Nymphaeum Traiani (about 120 meters away); Temple on the 'State Agora' (about 120 meters away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Acarlar.
More about this monument. This marker is on the grounds of the ruins of the Roman city of Ephesus (Efes).
Photographed By Barry Swackhamer, May 2, 2015
2. The Memmius Monument
Photographed By Barry Swackhamer, May 2, 2015
3. The Memmius Monument
Photographed By Barry Swackhamer, May 2, 2015
4. Local resident
Credits. This page was last revised on February 2, 2022. It was originally submitted on June 13, 2015, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California. This page has been viewed 448 times since then and 20 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on June 13, 2015, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
