Pergamon Ancient City: My Historical Place Visit

Pergamon Ancient City locates in Bergama District of İzmir Province of Turkey. Pergamon is the place where parchment was invented and one of the first hospitals of the world was founded. Pergamon and parchment is near meaning words.

Pergamon Ancient City is one of the first places about that subjects:

-Parchment (Paper Making from Animal Skin)

-Asian Library (200,000 Volumes)

-Inculcation Treatment (Psychotheraphy)

-Natural Treatment (with music, theater, sports, sun and mud)

-Pharmacology (Natural Medicines)

-Opium Model Drug

-Urban Hygiene (Health Infrastructure)

-Using of Snakeas Medicine and Pharmacy Icon

Photos of Pergamon Acropolis and Its Asklepion, taken by me.

The Temple of Trajan, Pergamon Ancient City

The foundations of The Sanctuary of Trajan, Pergamon Ancient City

Statue of a Emperor, Roman Period, Temple of Trajan, Pergamon Acropolis.

“Theatre of Pergamon Ancient City” locates in a very steep slope.

The Sanctuary of Athena is located at the top of the theater in The Ancient City of Pergamon.

“Z” Structure of Pergamon consists of rooms,lounges and galleries gathered in a courtyard with columns

Demeter (called as Ceres by Romans) was the goddess of agriculture, grain, and the harvest.Sanctuary of Demeter, in Pergamon Ancient City.

The Asklepion of Pergamon Ancient City, Theatre

The Asklepion of Pergamon Ancient City, Theatre

Treatment Building, The Asklepion of Pergamon Ancient City. This ruin is one of the first hospitals of the world.

Colonnaded Street, in The Asklepion of Pergamon. According to legend, it is the place where death can not enter.

Northern Gallery, in The Asklepion of Pergamon Ancient City.

Column with serpent, Roman Era, Asklepieion of Pergamon(First Using of Snake as Medicine&Pharmacy Icon), Bergama Museum

Sekhmet,Egyptian,Goddess of divine retribution,vengeance,conquest and war, Basilica of Pergamon(reconstructed according to the pieces found)

Sun Wheel Sculpture, Pergamon Ancient City, Bergama Museum

A Statue of Nike, Acroter, Roman Period, Asklepieion of Pergamon Ancient City, Bergama Museum.

Acroter, Roman Period, Asklepion of Pergamon, Bergama Museum.

“Torso of a man in armour”, Roman Period, Pergamon Ancient City.

“Torso of a man in armour”, Hellenistic Period, Gate of Eumenes, Akropolis of Pergamon Ancient City, Bergama Museum.

Rooster Relief, Acropolis of #Pergamon Ancient City, Diadaros Pasparos Memorial Graveyard, Roman Period, Just After 17 AD. Bergama Museum.

Table leg, Roman Period, Healing Centre of Asklepion in Pergamon, Bergama Museum