Pergamon

İzmir Province · Turkey

Pergamon, Turkey
Photo: Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Best time to go
Spring and autumn
Budget
$
Accessibility
limited
Coordinates
Open in maps

This ancient city near modern Bergama was a major Hellenistic capital famed for its steep acropolis and library. A dramatically pitched theater and the ruins of the great altar crown the hilltop, reached today by cable car.

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