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Surroundings:

Propylees, Temple of AthenaTemple of Athena, northern hall capitalSanctuary of Athena PoliasTemenos AthenaTemenos AthenaAthenaEntranceAkropolis TheaterThe Hellenistic theatre on the Upper Acropolis, ca. 225 -200 BCRoman theatre in PergamonTheatre PeramonRoman theatre in PergamonRoman theatre in PergamonPapageien, PergamonThe Temple of Trajan (Trajaneum) on the Upper AcropolisTemple of TrajanTemple of TrajanTemple of TrajanTemple of TrajanTemplum Traiani - remainsCistern, Temple of TrajanStatue, Temple of TrajanTemplum TraianiTrajan templeTemplum TraianiInscriptionTemple of DionysusAra IovisAra IovisPergamonaltar, model

Location:

  • Türkiye, Bergama
  • geo:39.132217,27.184008
  • Location ± 0-5 m.

Class:

  • Building (other)
  • visible

Identifiers:

  • vici:place=11760

Annotations

The Pergamum Library was built about 170 BC.  According to Plutarch, it contained 200,000 volumes, second only to the world-renowned library of Alexandria in Egypt.

See:

  1. http://penelope.uchicago.edu/~grout/encyclopaedia_romana/greece/Paganism/pergamumlibrary.html

http://www.planetware.com/map/pergamon-map-tr-perga.htm


Relevant museums

Pergamon Museum in Berlin

Houses original-sized, reconstructed monumental buildings such as the Market Gate of Miletus.


Nearby

Temple of Athena, Pergamon

Temple of Athena

Pergamon, Arsenal

Older arsenal of Pergamon

Theatre Acropolis Pergamon

Theatre Acropolis Pergamon


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