The museum was OK; actually the first one we have seen where the ethnoghraphic
stuff was better than the archaeological stuff |
The Pergamum telepherique--nicest, most up-to-date I have ridden, period; and I
have ridden a few in the past year or so |
The most famous parts of Pergamum are its theatre and its Trajan Temple, above;
1st century |
Trajan Temple complex, different view
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Ditto
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Pergamum's cliff-hanging Greek theatre, from the vicinity of the Asclepion,
across the valley |
Function follows form; the hillside did not permit the usual 180+ degree theatre
form, so the builders made it much steeper and higher; climbing the staircases one almost wants to be belayed... |
Looking down on the Altar of Zeus, considered the most magnificent altar of
antiquity; alas, it was excavated by Germans, who took it all, including the great friezes, back to Berlin |
And that's it, at the Pergamon Museum in Berlin, which was closed when we were
there in 2009 |
Sanctuary of Demeter
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Gymnasium and environs, middle city
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At length--all this took 3 hours or so-- I reached the bottom,
ran out of path, but fortunately got back on the road, thanks to
this hole cut in the barbed-wire fencing that encloses the whole
site |