Place:
The ancient city d' Ephèse, close to the modern city of Selçuk, to approximately 50 km in the south d' Izmir (Smyrna) in Turkey.

History:
Although the foundation of the temple goes back to VIIe century before JC, the structure which gained a place in the list of the Wonders was built towards 550 before JC. Named the marble temple, or the temple D, he was sponsored by Crésus, king de Lydie and was conceived by l' Greek architect Chersiphron. She was decorated with bronze statues carved by the most skilful artists of their time: Phidias, Polyclète, Crésilas, and Phradmon. The temple served at the same time a market and a religious institution. During years, the sanctuary is visited by tradesmen, tourists, craftsmen, and the kings who paid homage to the goddess, by sharing their benefit with it. Recent archaeological excavations of the site revealed the gifts of the pilgrims, including the statuettes d' Artémis d' however and d' ivory… loops d' ears, bracelets and collars… artifacts d' as far as Persia and l' India. In the night of July 21, 356 before JC, a man of the name of Herostratus flaring the temple with the ground in l' hope d' immortaliser its name. It n' has indeed. Curiously, Alexandre the Large one was born the same night. L' Roman historian Plutarque wrote later that the goddess was “too occupied taking care of the birth d' Alexandre to send l' helps with its threatened temple”. During two next decades, the temple was restored and it is marked " E" temple by the archaeologists. And when Alexandre the Large one conquered l' Minor Asia, it helped to rebuild the destroyed Temple. When holy Paul visited Ephèse to preach Christianity at the first century after JC, he was confronted the worship of l' Artémis” which n' l' did not have; intention d' to give up their goddess. And when the temple was again destroyed by Goths in l' year 262, Ephésiens sworn to rebuild. By IVe century, the majority of Ephésiens s' was converted with the Christianity and the lost temple of its religious prestige. The final chapter came where in l' year 401 the Temple d' Artémis was demolished by saint Jean Chrysostome. Ephèse was given up later, and only in the end of the XIXe century was the site d' excavation. The digging revealed the foundation of the temple and the road towards the site now marshy. Attempts were recently deployed to rebuild the temple, but only some columns Re-were set up.