John's Basilica & Isa Bey Mosque, TurkeyTradition has it that the Apostle John wrote his gospel whilst on the Ayasuluk Hill in Ephesus/Selcuk He is also reputed to have been buried on the hill. Emperor Justinian I had a basilica built over the supposed burial spot in the sixth century. At the bottom of the hill is the Isa Bey Mosque. This was built in around 1374. |