Library of Pergamon

The Library of Pergamum is an ancient Greek building in , , today located nearby the modern town of , in the of western . It was one of the most important libraries in the ancient world.
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  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: ancient Greek library in Pergamon, Anatolia, c. 300 BC-100 AD
  • Also known as: “Library of Pergamum”, “Pergamon Library”, and “Pergamum Library”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Pergamon and Temple of Athena.

Photo: Bgag, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.

Archaeological site
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is an archaeological site.

Archaeological site
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is an archaeological site.

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 Library 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 Library of Pergamon.

Library of Pergamon

Latitude
39.13222° or 39° 7′ 56″ north
Longitude
27.18397° or 27° 11′ 2″ east
Open location code
8GF945JM+VH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 10788660502
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Wiki­data ID
Q856590
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Library of Pergamon” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Biblioteka e Pergamumit”
  • Armenian: “Պերգամոնի գրադարան”
  • Azerbaijani: “Perqam kitabxanası”
  • Azerbaijani: “Perqamon kitabxanası”
  • Bulgarian: “Библиотека на Пергамон”
  • Bulgarian: “Пергамска библиотека”
  • Catalan: “Biblioteca de Pèrgam”
  • Chinese: “別加摩斯圖書館”
  • Chinese: “帕伽馬圖書館”
  • Czech: “Pergamská knihovna”
  • Dutch: “Library of Pergamum”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مكتبة برجام”
  • Esperanto: “Biblioteko de Pergamo”
  • Finnish: “Pergamonin kirjasto”
  • French: “bibliothèque de Pergame”
  • French: “Bibliothèque de Pergame”
  • German: “Bibliothek Pergamon”
  • German: “Bibliothek von Pergamon”
  • Greek: “Βιβλιοθήκη Περγάμου”
  • Greek: “Βιβλιοθήκη της Περγάμου”
  • Hebrew: “ספריית פרגמון”
  • Indonesian: “Perpustakaan Pergamon”
  • Italian: “Biblioteca di Pergamo”
  • Japanese: “ペルガモン図書館”
  • Kurdish: “Pirtûkxaneya Pergamonê”
  • Polish: “Biblioteka Pergamońska”
  • Portuguese: “Biblioteca de Pérgamo”
  • Russian: “Пергамская библиотека”
  • Serbian: “Пергамска библиотека”
  • Slovak: “Pergamská knižnica”
  • Slovenian: “Pergamonska knjižnica”
  • Spanish: “Biblioteca de pergamo”
  • Spanish: “Biblioteca de Pergamo”
  • Spanish: “Biblioteca de pérgamo”
  • Spanish: “Biblioteca de Pérgamo”
  • Turkish: “Bergama Kütüphanesi”
  • Turkish: “Pergamon Kütüphanesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Пергамська бібліотека”
  • Urdu: “کتب خانہ پرگامم”
  • Western Panjabi: “کتب خانہ پرگامون”

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