Bergama (Pergamon), once a great center of culture, survives as one of Turkey's finest archaeological sites. In the Acropolis, on a hill above the modern town, are the remains of the celebrated library, a steep and impressive theatre, the temples of Trajan and Dionysus, the monumental altar of Zeus, the sanctuary of Demeter, a gymnasium laid out on three terraces and the Agora. The Asclepion, located to the southwest of the lower city, was a sanctuary dedicated to the god of health, Asclepios. In town, visit the Archaeological and Ethnographical Museum; nearby, is the site of a temple dedicated to Serapis, becoming one of the Seven Churches of the Apocalypse, and subsequently converted by the Byzantines into a basilica.

SITES OF INTEREST: Acropolis, Asclepion, Bazilika, Maltepe Tumulus, Yığma Tepe Tumulus, Tavşan Tepe Tumulus, X Tepe Tumulus, Perperane , Teuthrania - Kalarga, Pindasos - Madradağı, Kanai, Aterneus, Arginussu, Harmakopalia, Aigai - Nemrut Kale - Zeytin Dağı, Teutarania, Elaia - Kazıkbağları, Gryneion - Yenişakran, Pitane - Çandarlı, Myrina - Aliağa.