Travel guide Bergama

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Bergama (Pergamon), the great ancient cultural center is to this day one of the best archaeological sites in Turkey. Above the town are the ruins of the Acropolis, a library, a theater, the Temple of Trajan and Dionysus, the monumental altar of Zeus, the sanctuary of Demeter and a Gymnaseions, spread over three terraces.
The Asclepeion in the south-west of the city was the god askulap consecrated. The Municipal Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology and the Temple of Serapis should not be left out. The Serapis temple is under the Byzantines to a basilica has been rebuilt and was one of the seven churches of the Apocalypse.

Pergamon, Asklepieion, Turkey

Pergamon was in ancient times, mainly due to the extremely large library famous. Today you can Pergamon (today’s name: Bergama) the Acropolis (Castle Hill), the former City and the Asklepieion visit. These sites are part of the ancient Pergamon.

The Acropolis is located in the north of Bergama. You can see up there a replica of the Pergamon altar. The original is at the Pergamon Museum on Museum Island in Berlin. In addition to the Pergamon altar are the theatre, several altars, temples and the Upper Agora (the upper market place). The ancient road leads down to the old city. Here therm, temples and the Lower Agora.

On the opposite side of Bergama, about one kilometer from the lower city, is the Asklepieion, another collection of several ancient buildings, which in ancient times a very well-known resort represented. Asklepieion was famous for his excellent sanatorium and the physician Galen. Here are a spa, a small theater, the library and temples. Given that Pergamon much to see there, it is important to visit a whole day.