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Pergamon Parchment
Pergamon Parchment
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Pergamon Parchment
Pergamon Parchment
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Pergamon Parchment
Pergamon Parchment
Pergamon Parchment
Pergamon Parchment
Pergamon Parchment
Phone:
+90 532 235 49 14

Address:
Ataturk Bulvari, No:54, Bergama 35700, Turkey

Pergamon , Pergamos or Pergamum , 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. During the Hellenistic period, it became the capital of the Kingdom of Pergamon under the Attalid dynasty in 281–133 BC, who transformed it into one of the major cultural centres of the Greek world. Many remains of its impressive monuments can still be seen and especially the outstanding masterpiece of the Pergamon Altar. Pergamon was the northernmost of the seven churches of Asia cited in the New Testament Book of Revelation.The city centres around a 335 metre high mesa of andesite, which formed its acropolis. This mesa falls away sharply on the north, west and east sides, but three natural terraces on the south side provide a route up to the top. To the west of the acropolis, the Selinus river flows through the city, while the Cetius passes by to the east.
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