BERGAMA

HISTORYCAL PLACES

         The Agora is found on the south of the Zeus Altar. It belongs to the Hellenistic period. The Agora which belongs to Hermes the God of trade, was built in the Dor style. The walls of the agora are three layers on the outside and only one layer on the outs ide because of the topographic circumstances. The city road passed through the Agora. The base of the Demeter temple can be seen on the west side of the area.

      THE GYMNASIUMS
             The city of Pergamon had a splendid Gymnasium that is found on top of each other on three separate terraces. It is know from the inscriptions that were found that the bottom terrace belonged to the children. The middle terrace to the teenagers and the to p one was the adults. The gymnasium on the top was called the Ceremony Gymnasium. The three gymnasiums were built in the period of the kingdom before the 3rd century B.C.