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Hercules Gate
Hercules Gate
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Ephesus
Outdoor Architecture

Relationship with : Heracles - Herakles ( Hercule)
Area related : Ephesus

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The Hercules Gate can easily be identified by two reliefs of Hercules wearing lion's skin. The pillars date from the 2C AD but were taken there to be used in the construction of a narrow gate house only in the 6C AD having originally stood elsewhere.
Description   
The gate was made narrow to prevent wheeled vehicles which came from the Magnesian Gate going into the city.
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Curetes Street (Ephesus)
Ephesus
Hercules Gate