ancıent Pergamon

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Today we traveled from Selcuk on Turkey's western, Aegean shore to the ancient city of Pergamon, at one point THE major city in all of what is now western Turkey. I'm fuzzy on the details, but one of the Macedonian Alexander the Great's generals founded the city and the dynasty at a place that already had an acropolis, temple and town. One of the 7 classical wonders of the world, a colossal Greek temple was here. Seeing the layers of history was fascinating. There are 3 temples, to Zeus, Athena and a Roman diety, as well as a theatre. The Greek city was on the hill below the royal palace and temples, and the Roman city is largelly under modern Bergama.

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Photos

Pergamon arcade
this 2 story arcade surrounded one of the ancient temples and led to the library, perhaps the largest ancient library outside of Alexandira

Pergamon temple
this is the Roman temple

Roman temple foundations
this is a masterpiece of architecture, with a series of arches holding up the hillside platform

sheep grazing
sheep graze throughout the site