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Visited Places
In Turkey
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Perge
View of the Archeological Site with Hellenistic Gate
The most impressive ruins of the Pamphylian
coast are at Perge, at about 15 km east of Antalya. Perge was originally founded
by the Hittites around 1500 BC. and was known as Parha. It
was a successful trading centre near the Aksu (ancient Kestros or Cestrus) river
when Alexander the Great arrived in 333 BC. He was welcomed in by the
inhabitants and used Perge as base for his Anatolian campaigns. Alexander was
followed by the Seleucids under whom the city prospered and Perge's most
celebrated inhabitant, the mathematician Apollonius from Perge lived and worked.
Apollonius was a pupil of Archimedes and wrote a series of eight books on
geometry. In 188 BC Perge became part of the Roman Empire during which the city
flourished. Most of the surviving buildings date from this period.
In 46 AD St. Paul started his journey in Perge (biblical Perga) and preached his
first sermon here. Perge gradually declined during the Byzantine period, as the
Aksu river silted, but remained inhabited until Selçuk
times after which it became abandoned.
Click on the thumbnails to get a greater picture
Roman Gate |
Roman Gate View from Inside |
Roman Gate Ceiling |
Agora-Stoa |
Agora |
Agora-Stoa |
Hellenistic Gate |
Hellenistic Gate |
Hellenistic Gate
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Hellenistic Gate - Courtyard
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Dedication from Plancia Magna
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Hellenistic Gate
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Colonnaded Street |
Colonnaded Street |
Colonnaded Street
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Colonnaded Street |
Nymphaeum |
Nymphaeum |
Nymphaeum |
Colonnaded Street |
Palaestra |
Palaestra |
Palaestra |
Roman Baths |
Roman Baths Frigidarium |
Roman Baths |
Roman Baths |
Roman Baths
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Stadium |
Stadium |
Stadium |
Theatre |
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