Pergamon / Bergama
It is a district of Izmir, Turkey. The district is surrounded by Aliağa in the south, Kınık and Manisa provinces in the east, Balıkesir province in the north, Dikili in the west and the Aegean Sea in the southwest.
It is the most important district of Bakırçay basin in terms of agricultural activities, industry, trade, history and tourism. Bergama, which has monumental structures belonging to the Ionian, Hellenic, Roman and Byzantine periods, is considered one of the two representatives of cultural tourism in İzmir, together with the district of Selçuk. The ancient city of Pergamon, located in the center of the district, is important as the culture, science and art center of the Hellenistic period. The most important vegetation is stone pine and cotton plant.
Bergama district center is established on the hillside where the ancient city of Pergamon, which was the capital of the Pergamon Kingdom during the Hellenistic period, is located. The oldest known history of Pergamon, which was a place where people dealing with agriculture on a small scale, gathered before the establishment of the Pergamon Kingdom, is considered to be the 3rd millennium BC. The oldest place in the region is Yortanlı Cemetery.
Ancient city, BC. It was the capital of the Pergamon Kingdom, which became one of the most powerful Hellenistic kingdoms in Anatolia between 280-133 and is equipped with many important architectural works. The Pergamon Libraries, one of the most famous buildings of its period, and the Pergamon Asclepieion, the health center of the ancient world, were built.
Roman Empire BC In 133, he took over the city and state of Pergamon by testament. As a Roman provincial metropolis, Pergamon continued to compete with the other metropolises of the Asian province, Smyrna (İzmir), Ephesus (Selçuk). According to Physician Galen, the population of the city center of Pergamon was BC. In the 2nd century, it reached 120,000. The city suffered great damage in the earthquake in 262.
The city, which was exposed to Arab raids in the 7th and 8th centuries, was conquered by the Arab commander Mesleme in 716. The city, whose men were killed and women and children were sold as slaves in this incident, remained desolate for about 200 years.
It was rebuilt in 1170 during the reign of Byzantine emperor Manuel I. The city, which was abandoned by the Byzantines in 1302, remained under the rule of Karesioğulları, who operated in this region a short time later. Ibn Battuta, who came to the city in 1333, stated that this was a devastated town, but that it had an extremely fortified castle.
It is the most important district of Bakırçay basin in terms of agricultural activities, industry, trade, history and tourism. Bergama, which has monumental structures belonging to the Ionian, Hellenic, Roman and Byzantine periods, is considered one of the two representatives of cultural tourism in İzmir, together with the district of Selçuk. The ancient city of Pergamon, located in the center of the district, is important as the culture, science and art center of the Hellenistic period. The most important vegetation is stone pine and cotton plant.
Bergama district center is established on the hillside where the ancient city of Pergamon, which was the capital of the Pergamon Kingdom during the Hellenistic period, is located. The oldest known history of Pergamon, which was a place where people dealing with agriculture on a small scale, gathered before the establishment of the Pergamon Kingdom, is considered to be the 3rd millennium BC. The oldest place in the region is Yortanlı Cemetery.
Ancient city, BC. It was the capital of the Pergamon Kingdom, which became one of the most powerful Hellenistic kingdoms in Anatolia between 280-133 and is equipped with many important architectural works. The Pergamon Libraries, one of the most famous buildings of its period, and the Pergamon Asclepieion, the health center of the ancient world, were built.
Roman Empire BC In 133, he took over the city and state of Pergamon by testament. As a Roman provincial metropolis, Pergamon continued to compete with the other metropolises of the Asian province, Smyrna (İzmir), Ephesus (Selçuk). According to Physician Galen, the population of the city center of Pergamon was BC. In the 2nd century, it reached 120,000. The city suffered great damage in the earthquake in 262.
The city, which was exposed to Arab raids in the 7th and 8th centuries, was conquered by the Arab commander Mesleme in 716. The city, whose men were killed and women and children were sold as slaves in this incident, remained desolate for about 200 years.
It was rebuilt in 1170 during the reign of Byzantine emperor Manuel I. The city, which was abandoned by the Byzantines in 1302, remained under the rule of Karesioğulları, who operated in this region a short time later. Ibn Battuta, who came to the city in 1333, stated that this was a devastated town, but that it had an extremely fortified castle.
