Temple of Artemis
20.12.2021 Artemis Temple kept its distinguished place all through Hellenistic and Roman periods, hosting visitors from all around the world on its vast lands and also functioning as an international bank. It’s status as a financial center became the reason for the invasion of the Goths in 623 AD, who pillaged and burnt it down, however, the temple’s actual destruction was after 400 AD, when its marble blocks were looted to be used in Christian churches.