<< Our Photo Pages >> Mary's House and Mary's Well - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Turkey
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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Mary's House and Mary's WellCountry: Turkey Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Ephesus (Efes) Nearest Village: Selcuk
Latitude: 37.912344N Longitude: 27.332818E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
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PAB visited on 1st Oct 2009 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 4
The Journal of Antiquities includes an entry for Mary’s House, Mount Koressos, Turkey. The foundations of this building were discovered in the late 19th century and originally dated to 6th to 7th centuries AD; later discoveries of charcoal gave a date of the 1st century AD. The Journal also outlines an intriguing story of how the house, believed to be the refuge of the Virgin Mary after she accompanied St John from Jerusalem to Ephesus, was discovered through the vision of a German Nun in the 18th century, followed by archaeology which later found the ruins.
To the west of Mary's House is a holy water fountain and a well, long being renowned for curing the sick, and a place of pilgrimage today. The Wikipedia entry for Mary's House and Well tells us that the well is used more as a wishing well today - see House of the Virgin Mary.
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