Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #1 in Bergama, Turkey
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2.1 km
163 m
Experience Bergama in Turkey in a whole new way with our self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.
Individual Sights in BergamaSight 1: Library of Pergamon
The Library of Pergamum is an ancient Greek building in Pergamon, Anatolia, today located nearby the modern town of Bergama, in the İzmir Province of western Turkey. It was one of the most important libraries in the ancient world.
Sight 2: Temple of Trajan
The Trajaneum was a temple built on the highest point of the Acropolis of Pergamon for the Roman emperor Trajan and Zeus Philios.
Sight 3: Pergamon Acropolis
![Pergamon Acropolis](/static/images/wikipedia/Turkey_Bergama_Asclepion.jpg)
Pergamon or Pergamum, also referred to by its modern Greek form Pergamos (Πέργαμος), was a rich and powerful ancient Greek city in Aeolis. It is located 26 kilometres (16 mi) from the modern coastline of the Aegean Sea on a promontory on the north side of the river Caicus and northwest of the modern city of Bergama, Turkey.
Sight 4: Theater
The Greek theater of Pergamon is located on the steep west slope of the Burgberg. The first traces of a fortified theater to be paved with wooden stage can be found in the early 5th century BC. BC. Date. The auditorium, the so -called koilon, was created in the late 5th century today. It offered space for 10,000 spectators who got access to their seats via the theater terrace. The terrace design itself with its halls and the temple of Dionyso at its north end was in the first half of the 2nd century BC. BC built. At that time, the theater still had a wooden Skene and a wooden prosk. In the later 2nd century BC In addition to other changes, a first stone stage was built from Andesit, but the stage building behind it was still a wooden structure that could be assembled and dismantled if necessary. Only on the change from the 2nd to the 1st century BC The stage building was replaced by a marble version. A last redesign took place in the 2nd century AD.
Sight 5: Altar of Zeus
![Altar of Zeus](/static/images/wikipedia/Turkey_Bergama_Altar-of-Zeus.jpg)
The Pergamon Altar was a monumental construction built during the reign of the Ancient Greek King Eumenes II in the first half of the 2nd century BC on one of the terraces of the acropolis of Pergamon in Asia Minor.
Sight 6: Demeter tapınağı
The Demeter Sanctuary of Pergamon is a sanctuary for the fertility goddess Demeter located on the southern slope of the castle hill, which was particularly important in the Hellenistic period, but also under Roman rule in Pergamon. The sanctuary itself is old, its use can be traced back to the 4th century BC. For the new construction, which was carried out under Philetairos and his brother Eumenes, the old city wall was demolished. The first indications of its existence were discovered in 1875 by Carl Humann while examining the fortification walls of the castle hill and were quickly identified on the basis of fragments of inscriptions. Excavations began in 1898 under the direction of Wilhelm Dörpfeld, which initially lasted until 1912. Follow-up investigations and building surveys were then carried out regularly, and the results were presented monographically in 1981.
Sight 7: Temple of Dionysos
The Dionysus sanctuaries of Pergamon are at least two buildings of the Hellenistic period in Pergamon that were dedicated to the cult of the Greek god Dionysus. They were uncovered by German archaeologists at the end of the 19th century during the excavation of the theatre terrace. Since then, there have been several excavations that have deepened the knowledge of the sanctuaries and the cult of Dionysus in Pergamon.
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