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<< Our Photo Pages >> Pergamon - Ancient Village or Settlement in Turkey

Submitted by AlexHunger on Monday, 26 March 2007  Page Views: 5808

Multi-periodSite Name: Pergamon Alternative Name: Pergamum, Pergamom
Country: Turkey Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Bergama
Latitude: 39.132312N  Longitude: 27.184034E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
5 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
3 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
5

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Pergamon
Pergamon submitted by AlexHunger : Pergamon Altar as displayed in the Berlin Pergamon Museum. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Ancient City in Izmir Province, Turkey.
Ancient Hellenic Kingdom. There is also a Temple of Athena, a temple of Dionysus, a Temple of Asklepius and a theatre, among others.

The large Temple of Zeus is preserved in Berlin Pergamon Museum.
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Pergamon
Pergamon submitted by durhamnature : The Great Altar, from "Handbook of Greek Archaeology" via archive.org Site in Turkey (Vote or comment on this photo)

Pergamon
Pergamon submitted by DrewParsons : The Traian Temple built for the Emperor Traian and completed by Emperor Hadrianus. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Pergamon submitted by DrewParsons : The Traian Temple photographed in 1999 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Pergamon Temple of Trajan
Pergamon Temple of Trajan submitted by AlexHunger : Classical Temple of Trajan, as finished by Hadrian, on the top of the Pergamon Acropolis. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Pergamon Temple of Trajan
Pergamon Temple of Trajan submitted by AlexHunger : Classical Temple of Trajan, as finished by Hadrian. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Pergamon Temple of Trajan
Pergamon Temple of Trajan submitted by AlexHunger

Pergamon Red Basilica
Pergamon Red Basilica submitted by AlexHunger : View from above of the so called Red Basilica. It may look like a Byzantine church (which it became), but it started out as a temple to Isis and other Egyptian Gods when it was built under Hadrian. Its restoration is being financed by the German travel company, among others, which then has permission for special guided visits in what is otherwise a closed archaeological site for the time being.

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Pergamon submitted by davidmorgan : The theatre.

Pergamon
Pergamon submitted by AlexHunger : House "Z" on the slope of Pergamon. These are recently restored/reconstructed houses with Roman era mosaics and often archaic Greek columns.

Pergamon Red Basilica
Pergamon Red Basilica submitted by AlexHunger : Left tower (now mosque) of the so called Red Basilica. It may look like a Byzantine church (which it became), but it started out as a temple to Isis and other Egyptian Gods when it was built under Hadrian. Its restoration is being financed by the German travel company, among others, which then has permission for special guided visits in what is otherwise a closed archaeological site for the time ...

Pergamon
Pergamon submitted by durhamnature : Acropolis view from the Cambridge Ancient Civilisations guides via archive.org

Pergamon
Pergamon submitted by AlexHunger : Long distance viw of the Pergamon acropolis. Normal citizens lived below.

Pergamon
Pergamon submitted by AlexHunger : House "Z" on the slope of Pergamon. These are recently restored/reconstructed houses with Roman era mosaics and often archaic Greek columns.

Pergamon Red Basilica
Pergamon Red Basilica submitted by AlexHunger : Karyatide column capital (in the shape of twin back to back Egyptian gods) of the so called Red Basilica. It may look like a Byzantine church (which it became), but it started out as a temple to Isis and other Egyptian Gods when it was built under Hadrian. Its restoration is being financed by the German travel company, among others, which then has permission for special guided visits in what is ot...

Pergamon Red Basilica
Pergamon Red Basilica submitted by AlexHunger : Rear view of the so called Red Basilica. It may look like a Byzantine church (which it became), but it started out as a temple to Isis and other Egyptian Gods when it was built under Hadrian. Its restoration is being financed by the German travel company, among others, which then has permission for special guided visits in what is otherwise a closed archaeological site for the time being.

Pergamon Red Basilica
Pergamon Red Basilica submitted by AlexHunger : Side View of the so called Red Basilica. It may look like a Byzantine church (which it became), but it started out as a temple to Isis and other Egyptian Gods when it was built under Hadrian. Its restoration is being financed by the German travel company, among others, which then has permission for special guided visits in what is otherwise a closed archaeological site for the time being.

Pergamon
Pergamon submitted by AlexHunger : Pergamon Archaic Hellenistic wall.

Pergamon
Pergamon submitted by AlexHunger : Pergamon Gymnasium. Classes were held here.

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Pergamon submitted by AlexHunger : Pergamon Library. This was a rival to the Library of Alexandria. After the Egyptian one burned down the first time, Mark Antony had the Pergamese books removed to Egypt to please Cleopatra.

Pergamon
Pergamon submitted by AlexHunger : Pergamon Temple of Dionysus on a lower terrace just next/below the vertigo inducing theatre.

Pergamon
Pergamon submitted by davidmorgan : The Temple of Trajan.

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Pergamon submitted by durhamnature : Old drawing from "History of Europe..." via archive.org

Pergamon
Pergamon submitted by durhamnature : Plan of the Great Altar, from "Handbook of Greek Archaeology" via archive.org Site in Turkey

Pergamon
Pergamon submitted by durhamnature : Restored plan view from the Cambridge Ancient Civilisations guides via archive.org

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