Pergamon

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Pergamon or Pergamum ( or ; ), also referred to by its modern Greek form Pergamos (), was a rich and powerful ancient Greek city in Mysia. It is located from the modern coastline of the Aegean Sea on a promontory on the north side of the river Caicus (modern-day Bakırçay) and northwest of the modern city of Bergama, Turkey. Read more on Wikipedia

type: ancient site
date from: Greek
UNESCO World Heritage Site: 1457

Source: en.wikipedia.org