The Great Altar
The Great Altar is an archaeological site in Bergama, İzmir Province. The Great Altar is situated nearby to the archaeological site Theater, as well as near Library of Pergamon.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Pergamon and Library of Pergamon.
Pergamon
Photo: Bgag, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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. Pergamon is situated 150 metres north of The Great Altar.
Library of Pergamon
Archaeological site
Photo: Wladyslaw Sojka, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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. Library of Pergamon is situated 160 metres north of The Great Altar.
Theater
Archaeological site
Photo: Rensi, Public domain.
Theater is an archaeological site, which is situated 130 metres northwest of The Great Altar.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Yerlitahtacı and Tepeköy.
Yerlitahtacı
Village
Yerlitahtacı is a village, which is situated 5 km northwest of The Great Altar.
Tepeköy
Suburb
Tepeköy is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Bergama, İzmir Province, Turkey. Its population is 1,210. It is situated at the northern banks of Bakırçay river and south west of Bergama. Tepeköy is situated 8 km southwest of The Great Altar.
The Great Altar
- Type: Archaeological site
- Also known as: “Büyük Sunak (Bergama Sunağı)” and “The Great Altar (Pergamon Altar)”
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Bergama, İzmir Province, Turkey, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
39.13081° or 39° 7′ 51″ northLongitude
27.1839° or 27° 11′ 2″ eastElevation
285 metres (935 feet)Open location code
8GF945JM+8HOpenStreetMap ID
way 1410132371OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteGeoNames ID
11972633
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In Other Languages
From German to Spanish—“The Great Altar” goes by many names.
- German: “Der Große Altar (Pergamonaltar)”
- Greek: “Ο Μεγάλος Βωμός (Βωμός της Περγάμου)”
- Russian: “Большой алтарь (Пергамский алтарь)”
- Spanish: “El gran altar (altar de Pérgamo)”
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