点评:This temple at Ephesus in Kusadasi, Türkiye was one of the ancient Seven Wonders of the World, dedicated to the Goddess Artemis. Those Wonders were Hanging Gardens of Babylon in Iraq,Statue of Zeus at Olympia in Greece, Temple of Artemis, Mausoleum at Halicarnassus in Türkiye, Greece’s Colossus of Rhodes, Lighthouse of Alexandria in Egypt. The only remaining Wonder is the Giza Pyramids/Sphinx.
The temple is also known as Artemesium and was constructed circa 550BCE and rebuilt in 356BCE after being torched. Its fame came from the enormous size: 350x180 feet, covering 63,000 square feet. That’s almost 1.5 acres. Considering that a football field is 360x160 feet for size reference. Imagine a stone building with 20-foot ceilings enclosing a football field. Although size does matter, this temple was renowned for magnificent art works, sculptures, and mosaic tile floors. After Goths [Germanic people who caused the Roman Empire to collapse and rise of the medieval period, thus Gothic architecture] sacked the temple in 262AD, it was never reconstructed.
Little remains today except rows of columns and sculpture fragments. Listening with earbuds to a tour guide describe the magnificence of this structure was lost on me. Had I researched elements of the guided tour elements, I would have had a greater appreciation of this football-field-sized temple and surrounding grounds. Don’t let this opportunity pass you by: research any attractions you intend to visit before a tour begins.
翻译:位于土耳其库萨达斯的以弗所神庙是古代世界七大奇迹之一,供奉着女神阿尔忒弥斯。其他七大奇迹分别是:伊拉克的巴比伦空中花园、希腊奥林匹亚的宙斯神像、土耳其哈利卡纳苏斯的阿尔忒弥斯神庙和陵墓、希腊罗德岛巨像以及埃及亚历山大灯塔。如今,吉萨金字塔和狮身人面像是唯一保存至今的奇迹。
这座神庙也被称为阿尔忒弥斯神庙,始建于公元前550年左右,后于公元前356年被焚毁后重建。它闻名遐迩的原因在于其巨大的规模:长350英尺,宽180英尺,占地63,000平方英尺,约合1.5英亩。作为尺寸参考,一个足球场的尺寸为360英尺×160英尺。想象一下,一座拥有20英尺(约6米)高天花板的石砌建筑,环绕着一个足球场。虽然规模很重要,但这座神庙以其精美的艺术品、雕塑和马赛克地砖而闻名。公元262年,哥特人(导致罗马帝国崩溃并开启中世纪的日耳曼民族,哥特式建筑也由此而来)洗劫了这座神庙,之后它再也没有重建。
如今,除了成排的柱子和残存的雕塑碎片外,几乎什么也没留下。戴着耳机听导游讲解这座建筑的宏伟壮丽,我却丝毫没有感受到其中的震撼。如果我事先对导览内容进行一些研究,或许就能更好地欣赏这座足球场大小的神庙及其周围的景色。不要错过这样的机会:在开始旅行之前,务必对计划参观的景点进行一番研究。