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The construction of the Celsus Library, located next to the Trade Agora, was ordered by Julius Aquila in the name of his father the Asian Consultant Julius Celsus Palemaeanus. It was built by the Roman architect Vitruoya. Its dimensions are 60.9*16.72 m. On the outside it has two floors, and in the inside it has only one 15 m. Salon. Light comes in through the windows scattered on the walls and ttthe three floored galeries. There is a passage to Celsus’s grave through a door on the back wall.
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North Africa/Middle East
