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 on a promontory on the north side of the river Caicus and northwest of the modern city of , Turkey.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • 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”, and “Pergamum”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Temple of Athena and Theater.

Archaeological site
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is an archaeological site.

Archaeological site
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is an archaeological site.

Archaeological site
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is an archaeological site, which is situated 120 metres northwest of Pergamon.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Yerlitahtacı and Tepeköy.

Village
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is a village, which is situated 4½ km northwest of Pergamon.

Suburb
is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of , , . Its population is 1,210. It is situated at the northern banks of river and south west of Bergama. is situated 8 km southwest of Pergamon.

Pergamon

Latitude
39.13213° or 39° 7′ 56″ north
Longitude
27.18432° or 27° 11′ 4″ east
Elevation
320 metres (1,050 feet)
Open location code
8GF945JM+VP
Open­Street­Map ID
way 220481156
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
9587350
Wiki­data ID
Q18986
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Pergamon” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Pergamon”
  • Afrikaans: “Pergamum”
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Πέργαμον”
  • Arabic: “برغامس”
  • Arabic: “برغامون”
  • Arabic: “بيرغامون”
  • Arabic: “فرغامس”
  • Armenian: “Պերգամոն”
  • Asturian: “Pérgamo”
  • Asturian: “Pérgamu”
  • Azerbaijani: “Pergamon”
  • Azerbaijani: “Perqam”
  • Basque: “Pergamo”
  • Belarusian: “Пергам”
  • Belarusian: “Пергамон”
  • Belarusian: “Пэргам”
  • Bosnian: “Pergam”
  • Breton: “Pergamon”
  • Bulgarian: “Бергама”
  • Bulgarian: “Пергам”
  • Bulgarian: “Пергамон”
  • Bulgarian: “Пергамско царство”
  • Catalan: “Pèrgam”
  • Catalan: “Pergamon”
  • Catalan: “Pergamum”
  • Catalan: “Pergamus”
  • Cebuano: “Bergama”
  • Chinese: “別迦摩”
  • Chinese: “巴格門古城”
  • 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”
  • Croatian: “Pergam”
  • Czech: “Pergamon”
  • Danish: “Pergamon”
  • Dutch: “Pergamon”
  • Dutch: “Pergamum”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بيرجامون”
  • Esperanto: “Pergamo”
  • Esperanto: “Pergamono”
  • Esperanto: “Pergamum”
  • Estonian: “Pergamon”
  • Finnish: “Pergamon”
  • Finnish: “Pergamum”
  • French: “Acropole de Pergame”
  • French: “Pergame”
  • Galician: “Pérgamo”
  • Georgian: “პერგამონი”
  • German: “Akropolis von Pergamon”
  • German: “Pergamenisches Reich”
  • German: “Pergamon”
  • Greek: “Ακρόπολη Περγάμου”
  • Greek: “Εκκλησία της Περγάμου”
  • Greek: “Πέργαμος”
  • Hebrew: “פרגאמון”
  • Hebrew: “פרגמון”
  • Hungarian: “Pergamon”
  • Icelandic: “Pergamon”
  • Icelandic: “Pergamum”
  • Indonesian: “Kerajaan Pergamon”
  • Indonesian: “Pergamon”
  • Indonesian: “Pergamum”
  • Interlingua: “Pergamon”
  • Irish: “Péargamas”
  • Irish: “Péargamon”
  • Italian: “Pergamo”
  • Japanese: “ペルガマ”
  • Japanese: “ベルガモン”
  • Japanese: “ペルガモン”
  • Kazakh: “Пергам”
  • Korean: “버가모”
  • Korean: “페르가몬”
  • Korean: “페르가뭄”
  • Latin: “Pergamum”
  • Latin: “Pergamus”
  • Latvian: “Pergama”
  • Lithuanian: “Pergamas”
  • Macedonian: “Пергам”
  • Malagasy: “Pergamôsy”
  • Malay: “Pergamon”
  • Maltese: “Pergamon”
  • Maltese: “Pergamos”
  • Maltese: “Pergamum”
  • Mongolian: “Пергам хот, эртний Грек хот”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Pergamon”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Pergamum”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Pergamon”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Pergamum”
  • Norwegian: “Pergamon”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Pergam”
  • Persian: “پرگاموس”
  • Persian: “پرگامون”
  • Polish: “Pergamon”
  • Portuguese: “Acrópole de Pérgamo”
  • Portuguese: “Pergamo”
  • Portuguese: “Pérgamo”
  • Romanian: “Pergam”
  • Romanian: “Pergamon”
  • Russian: “Акрополь Пергама”
  • Russian: “Пергам”
  • Russian: “Пергамон”
  • Scots: “Pergamon”
  • Serbian: “Pergam”
  • Serbian: “Пергам”
  • Serbian: “Пергамон”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Pergam”
  • Sicilian: “Pergamu”
  • Slovak: “Pergamon”
  • Slovenian: “Pergamon”
  • Spanish: “Acrópolis de Pérgamo”
  • Spanish: “Pergamo”
  • Spanish: “Pérgamo”
  • Swahili: “Pergamon”
  • Swedish: “Bergama”
  • Swedish: “Pergamon”
  • Swedish: “Pergamum”
  • Swiss German: “Pergamon”
  • Tagalog: “Pergamo”
  • Talysh: “Pergam”
  • Tatar: “Пергам”
  • Thai: “เพอร์กามอน”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Pergamon”
  • Turkish: “Bergama Antik Kenti”
  • Turkish: “Bergama”
  • Turkish: “Pergamon”
  • Ukrainian: “Пергам”
  • Urdu: “پرگاممون”
  • Urdu: “پیرگامون”
  • Vietnamese: “Pergamon”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Pergamon”
  • Welsh: “Pergamon”
  • Welsh: “Pergamum”
  • Wu Chinese: “帕加马”
  • Yue Chinese: “巴格門古城”
  • “Pergamon”

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