Pergamon and its Multi-Layered Cultural Landscape

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The site is located on the Bakircay Plain in the Aegean region of Turkey. The Acropolis of Pergamon was the capital of the Attalid dynasty during the Hellenistic period and a major center of learning in the ancient world. Magnificent temples, theaters, colonnades or porticoes, gymnasiums, altars, and libraries were built on a slope surrounded by a wide wall. The rock-hewn Sanctuary of Kybele, located on another hill to the northwest, is visually connected to the Acropolis. The city later became the capital of the Roman province of Asia and was famous for the healing center of the Temple of Asklepios. The Acropolis is located in and around the modern town of Bergama below the hill, which is dotted with ancient tombs and Roman, Byzantine, and Ottoman ruins.

# Roman Province of Asia

# Temple of Asklepios

Founding of Pergamon, depiction from the Telephos frieze of the Pergamon altar

Christian Wilberg, Excavation area of the Pergamon Altar. 1879 sketch

Coin of Orontes, Achaemenid Satrap of Mysia (including Pergamon), Adramyteion. Circa 357-352 BC

Theatre of Pergamon, one of the steepest theatres in the world, has a capacity of 10,000 people and ...

The ruins of the ancient city of Pergamon

Pergamon in the Roman province of Asia, 90 BC

Mithridates, portrait in the Louvre

Temple of Athena

Sanctuary of Dionysus at the north end of the theatre terrace

Statue of Athena found in the Library of Pergamum

Remains of the Roman amphitheatre (view from the Acropolis)

Trajaneum in Pergamon

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Information extracted from Wikidata

floruit	Pèrgamo+(antica+città+dell'Asia+Minore)
number of rooms	viaf-304911064
topographic prominence	47572
office held by head of the organization	http://g.co/kg/m/05tcm
Commons category	Pergamon
coordinate location	Point(27.183333 39.116667)
named as	Pergamon (zaniklé město)
described by source	Amsterdam
described by source	Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus
native label	τὸ Πέργαμον
category of associated people	Category:People from Pergamon
area	315.46
uses	4075982-9
start time	1923-01-01T00:00:00Z
start time	1864-01-01T00:00:00Z
end time	-0132-01-01T00:00:00Z
executive body	Pergamon
KulturNav-ID	21890
IPA transcription	2711733
visitors per year	11666a

DOI	http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ACREFORE/9780199381135.013.4861
DOI	10.1093/ACREFORE/9780199381135.013.4861
described by source	The Nuttall Encyclopædia
stated as	Pergamos
heritage designation	Category:Views of Pienza
start time	2014-01-01T00:00:00Z
official name	Pergamon, the Multi-Layered City
area	426.928
applies to part	buffer zone
image	http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Temple%20of%20Trajan%2C%20Pergamon%2001.jpg
media legend	Ruinele templului lui [[Traian]] din Pergam
start time	-0132-01-01T00:00:00Z
end time	0630-01-01T00:00:00Z