Acropolis, Pergamon, UNESCO, World Heritage Site,Pergamon was the capital of the Kingdom of Pergamon
Acropolis, Pergamon, UNESCO, World Heritage Site,Pergamon was the capital of the Kingdom of Pergamon during the reign of the Attalid dynasty in the Hellenistic period. When Attalus III died without an heir, he bequethed Pergamon to Rome. The statue of Hadrian that stands at the enterance of the Temple of Trajan are from the reign of Hadrian (117-138) when the city was declared a metropolis and a building program was initiated.The temple of Zeus, where a single tree stands today, had the Gigantomachy which depicted the battle between the Titans and the Olympian Gods is in the Pergamon museum in Berlin. Pergamon with its multi-layered cultural landscape was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO this summer. -- source link
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