Celsus Library in Ephesus

Library of Celsus is an ancient Roman building in Ephesus, Anatolia, now part of Selcuk Selçuk.

Tiberius Julius Celsus was Tiberius Julius Celsus Greek Roman citizen he served as a member of the Roman Senate Roman consul in 92 AD and the governor of Asia between 105-107 AD.

Been building a library of Celsus in his honor (completed construction of the library in the year 135 AD) by his son, which is named Gaius Julius Aquila Gaius Julius Aquila to store more than 12,000 valuable manuscripts and to serve as a tomb of a great father as containing the library basement leading to his coffin. 

It is worth mentioning that it was against the construction of the library on the east side which provided enough light for reading rooms! 

Library underwent a restoration operations by the institution of the Austrian Atharkhalal the seventies of the last century to be a prominent tourist site in Ephesus, one of the greatest ancient Greek cities in Anatolia.