Pergamon
Pergamon or Pergamum, also referred to by its modern Greek form Pergamos, was a rich and powerful ancient Greek city in Aeolis. It is located 26 kilometres 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.
- Tourist attraction
- …lies at an elevation of around 320 metres (1,050 feet)
- Description: ancient city of Ionia in modern-day Turkey and UNESCO World Heritage Site
- Also known as“Mint of Pergamum”“Pergamon Acropolis”“Pergamon Akropolü”“Pergamos”“Pergamum”
Nearby Archaeological Sites
Discover Temple of Athena and Theater.
Temple of Athena
Temple of Athena is an archaeological site.
Temple of Trajan
Temple of Trajan is an archaeological site.
120 metres northwest of Pergamon
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Yerlitahtacı and Tepeköy.
Tepeköy
Suburb
Tepeköy is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Bergama, İzmir Province, Turkey.
8 km southwest of Pergamon
Pergamon
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Latitude
39.13213° or 39° 7′ 56″ north
Longitude
27.18432° or 27° 11′ 4″ east
Open location code
8GF945JM+VP
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic = archaeological_site
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism = attraction
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Pergamon” goes by many names.
PergamonAfrikaans
PergamumAfrikaans
ΠέργαμονAncient Greek (to 1453)
برغامسArabic
برغامونArabic
بيرغامونArabic
فرغامسArabic
ՊերգամոնArmenian
PérgamoAsturian
PérgamuAsturian
PergamonAzerbaijani
PerqamAzerbaijani
PergamoBasque
ПергамBelarusian
ПергамонBelarusian
ПэргамBelarusian
PergamBosnian
PergamonBreton
БергамаBulgarian
ПергамBulgarian
ПергамонBulgarian
Пергамско царствоBulgarian
PèrgamCatalan
PergamonCatalan
PergamumCatalan
PergamusCatalan
BergamaCebuano
別迦摩Chinese
帕加马Chinese
拍加马Chinese
拍加马王国Chinese
柏加曼城Chinese
珀耳伽摩斯Chinese
PergamCroatian
PergamonCzech
PergamonDanish
PergamonDutch
PergamumDutch
بيرجامونEgyptian Arabic
PergamoEsperanto
PergamonoEsperanto
PergamumEsperanto
PergamonEstonian
PergamonFinnish
PergamumFinnish
PérgamoGalician
პერგამონიGeorgian
Ακρόπολη ΠεργάμουGreek
Εκκλησία της ΠεργάμουGreek
ΠέργαμοςGreek
פרגאמוןHebrew
פרגמוןHebrew
PergamonHungarian
PergamonIcelandic
PergamumIcelandic
Kerajaan PergamonIndonesian
PergamonIndonesian
PergamumIndonesian
PergamonInterlingua
PéargamasIrish
PéargamonIrish
PergamoItalian
ペルガマJapanese
ベルガモンJapanese
ПергамKazakh
버가모Korean
페르가몬Korean
페르가뭄Korean
PergamumLatin
PergamusLatin
PergamaLatvian
PergamasLithuanian
ПергамMacedonian
PergamôsyMalagasy
PergamonMalay
PergamonMaltese
PergamosMaltese
PergamumMaltese
Пергам хот, эртний Грек хотMongolian
PergamonNorwegian
PergamonNorwegian Bokmål
PergamumNorwegian Bokmål
PergamonNorwegian Nynorsk
PergamumNorwegian Nynorsk
PergamOccitan (post 1500)
پرگاموسPersian
پرگامونPersian
PergamonPolish
PergamRomanian
PergamonRomanian
Акрополь ПергамаRussian
ПергамRussian
ПергамонRussian
PergamonScots
PergamSerbian
ПергамSerbian
ПергамонSerbian
PergamSerbo-Croatian
PergamuSicilian
PergamonSlovak
PergamonSlovenian
PergamonSwahili
BergamaSwedish
PergamonSwedish
PergamumSwedish
PergamonSwiss German
PergamoTagalog
PergamTalysh
ПергамTatar
เพอร์กามอนThai
BergamaTurkish
Bergama Antik KentiTurkish
PergamonTurkish
ПергамUkrainian
پرگاممونUrdu
پیرگامونUrdu
PergamonVietnamese
PergamonWaray (Philippines)
PergamonWelsh
PergamumWelsh
帕加马Wu Chinese
巴格門古城Yue Chinese
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