Pergamon,( Bergama), Turkey
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g300td
N 39° 07.157 E 027° 09.900
35S E 514263 N 4330026
The ruins of Pergamon with the Temple of Trajan.
Waymark Code: WMMRCX
Location: Türkiye
Date Posted: 10/29/2014
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"Pergamon was an ancient Greek city in Aeolis, currently located 26 kilometres (16 mi) from the Aegean Sea on a promontory on the north side of the river Caicus (modern-day Bakirçay). Today, the main sites of ancient Pergamon are to the north and west of the modern city of Bergama in Turkey.
Some[who?] ancient authors regarded it as a colony of the Arcadians, but the various origin stories all belong to legend. The Greek historians reconstructed a complete history for it due to confusion with the distant Teuthrania. It became the capital of the Kingdom of Pergamon during the Hellenistic period, under the Attalid dynasty, 281–133 BC. Pergamon is cited in the Book of Revelation as one of the seven churches of Asia."
Source: Wikipedia
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