Pergamon, Tumulus Tepe A

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Pergamon

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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 2 km northwest of Pergamon, Tumulus Tepe A.

Library of Pergamon

Archaeological site

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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 2 km northwest of Pergamon, Tumulus Tepe A.

Red Basilica

Ruins

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The "Red Basilica", also called variously the Red Hall and Red Courtyard, is a monumental ruined temple in the ancient city of Pergamon, now Bergama, in western Turkey. Red Basilica is situated 1 km northwest of Pergamon, Tumulus Tepe A.

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Yerlitahtacı

Village

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Yerlitahtacı is a village, which is situated 6 km northwest of Pergamon, Tumulus Tepe A.

Pergamon, Tumulus Tepe A

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