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  • EPHESUS; MARY'S HOUSE
  • EPHESUS;CHURCH OF MARY
  • EPHESUS; BASILICA OF ST JOHN
  • EPHESUS; TOMB OF ST JOHN
  • EPHESUS; SCHOLASTICA BATHS
  • EPHESUS; ST PAUL'S CAVE
  • EPHESUS; ST PAUL'S CAVE
The House of Mary
The two-story building on a mountain is where the Virgin Mary is reputed to have spent the last days of her earthly life. In the 4th century the house was converted into a church with a bedroom and an area for prayer. Pope Paul VI visited the house in the 1960s and in the 1980s Pope John Paul II designated it as a shrine.  
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