Temple of Serapis and Four Column Memorial
Temple of Serapis and Four Column Memorial

Temple of Serapis and Four Column Memorial

  • CLIENT

  • Republic of Türkiye Ministry of Culture and Tourism – İzmir Directorate of Surveying and Monuments

  • TEAM

  • Architectural Conservation:

    Umut Bilgiç, Merve Çolak Gözener, Zeynep Berfin Ersayın, M. Çınar Ünal, Serkan Örnek, Oğuz Bostancı, A. Yasin Eginligil

    Engineering:

    Structural – RKN Structural Engineering Project Consulting

     

  • CONSULTANTS

  • Engineering:

    Structural – Prof. Dr. Uğurhan Akyüz [Middle East Technical University]

    Building Material Analysis and Conservation:

    Prof. Dr. Ali Akın Akyol [Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University]

    Prof. Dr. Bekir Eskici [Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University]

The Temple of Serapis was constructed in the second half of the 2nd century AD within a rectangular courtyard complex enclosed by temenos walls. The entrance to the temple courtyard is marked by the propylon located on the West Street. The temple complex is a monumental structure consisting of a cella, a pronaos in front of the cella with stairs leading up to it, and parts of a pediment, most of which are preserved within the courtyard. The Four-Column Monument, on the other hand, is a monument of honour built in the second half of the 6th century AD on the Arkadiane Street, which runs from the harbour to the theatre in Ephesus, under the patronage of the wealthy Ephesian Frontinos.

The project includes Documentation – Problem Analysis, Material Analysis, Historical Research – Restitution, Intervention Decisions – Restoration projects.

Temple of Serapis & Four Column Memorial - Location

Temple and Pediment

Temple

Fragment of the Pediment

Anastylosis of the Pediment

Anastylosis of the Pediment

Anastylosis of the Stoa

Temple, Restitution

Four Column Memorial, Restitution

Partial Anastylosis of the Pediment

Anastylosis of the Pediment

Anastylosis of the Pediment