Temple of Serapis and Four Pillars Monument
Temple of Serapis and Four Pillars Monument

Temple of Serapis and Four Pillars Monument

  • CLIENT

  • 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 – Orkun Öztaşkın [RKN Structural Engineering Project Consulting] 

    Subsurface Exploration – Kale Ground Geophysical  Engineering Drilling

     

  • 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, located within a rectangular courtyard complex at the center of the Hellenistic-Roman urban area of Ephesus, dates back to the second half of the 2nd century AD. The temple is an extremely meaningful, important, and monumental structure, consisting of a cella, pronaos, staircase, courtyard, and temenos walls surrounding the courtyard, as well as a propylon marking the entrance to the temple area from the monumental road known as the West Street and a pediment in the courtyard section.

Within the scope of the project, a 3D model of the work area and its surroundings was created using the Structure from Motion (SfM) based photogrammetry method. In addition, Documentation – Problem Analysis, Material Analysis, Survey, Historical Research – Restitution, Intervention Decisions – Restoration projects were prepared.

Location

Pronaos Elevation

Pediment Elevation

Pediment Elevation