Bergama Asklepion (Pergamon Asclepeion) Tours and Activities
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The Bergama Asklepion (Pergamon Asclepeion), an ancient medical center honoring the Greek god of healing Asklepios, has existed since the 4th century BC when it was built in the ancient city of Pergamon (now Bergama). Built around a spring with waters that were believed to be sacred, the columns and walls still standing today once surrounded rooms for psychotherapy, massage, herbal remedies, baths, mud treatments and dream interpretation.
The Roman period brought the Asklepion its most notable patients, including emperors Marcus Aurelius and Hadrian. The influential physician Galen, who wrote about 500 works on medicine, practiced here in 2 AD.
Enter the structure as health seekers once did through the Sacred Way, a path that connects to the Akropol. In the first courtyard there is an altar featuring a serpent, the emblem of modern medicine, and other structures include a small theater, a library and the circular domed Temple of Asklepios.
Daily 8:30 a..m.-7 p.m.
Zafer Mah. Prof. Dr. Frieldhelm Korte Cad. No:1, Bergama, Turkey
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Small-Group Full Day Pergamum and Asklepion Tour from Izmir
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See unbelievable ruins and some of Turkey’s best archaeological sites during this guided day trip to Pergamum and Asklepion from Izmir. Discover the 4th century city of Pergamum home to one of the largest ancient libraries, the impressive Altar of Zeus and the inclined Theatre of Anatolia. You will see the Roman Medical Center remnants of Asklepion where Galen, a famous physician, completed his finest work.
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Private Tour: Pergamum and Asklepion
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Travel back to ancient times with a visit to the fascinating archaeological site of Pergamum, one of Turkey’s newest UNESCO World Heritage sites. Make the most of your private guide as you take in the ancient Roman capital and see the Acropolis, Theatre, Altar of Zeus, and Temples of Trojan and Dionysos. After a traditional Turkish lunch (included), pay a visit to another important site, the Roman medical center of Asklepion, where you’ll learn how herbs, mud baths and dream analysis were used to help heal patients.
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Small Group Tour : Pergamum and Asklepion Tour from Izmir
* On this Pergamum and Asclepion tour see one of the Seven Churches of Revelation known as The Seven Churches of Apocalypse mentioned in the New Testament Book of Revelation.
* Discover the 4th century city of Pergamum home to one of the largest ancient libraries, the impressive Altar of Zeus and the inclined Theatre of Anatolia.
* You will see the Roman Medical Center remnants of Asklepion where Galen, a famous physician, completed his finest work.
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Pergamon Small Group Tour from Izmir
* On this Pergamum and Asclepion tour see one of the Seven Churches of Revelation known as The Seven Churches of Apocalypse mentioned in the New Testament Book of Revelation.
* Discover the 4th century city of Pergamum home to one of the largest ancient libraries, the impressive Altar of Zeus and the inclined Theatre of Anatolia.
* You will see the Roman Medical Center remnants of Asklepion where Galen, a famous physician, completed his finest work.
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Pergamon Tour
This tour takes you to Pergamon, one of the finest archaeological sites in Turkey. The city was a great cultural centre of culture and the capital of the East during the reign of the Roman Empire. After a short cable car ride, you will have a birds-eye view of the local surroundings. You will see numerous ruins including the celebrated Library, the steepest theatre in Anatolia, the Temples of Trajan and Dionysos, the location of the Altar of Zeus which is famous for its relief with God and devils, the Sanctuary of Demeter, the Gymnasium situated on terraces, and the lower Agora. After a delicious lunch with Turkish specialities, you will visit the Archaeological Museum in Bergama, before proceeding to the Medical Center of the ancient world -- the Asclepion -- where the first psychological treatments were performed and which was dedicated to the God of Health, Asclepios. You will return to Izmir in the evening.
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Pergamon and Asklepion full day private guided tour
If you are fond of history and archaeology this tour will fit in all your interests. The Acropolis and the Asklepion of ancient Pergamum, both listed among the top 100 historical sites on the Mediterranean. The Asklepion was the world’s first medical center, using groundbreaking techniques in healing such as bathing, dieting, exercise, and dream therapy. Our local guide will be happy to show you this unique place and to tell you its story.
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Pergamon Tour by Khalid
This is an excursion to the ancient Greek
city of Pergamon in Bergama. It was a cultural centre and briefly the capital
of Roman Asia. You will see in the Upper Acropolis there is the Library of Pergamon,
one of the largest libraries in the ancient world, the steepest Theatre, the
Temple of Dionysus, the Upper Agora and Roman Bath’s. In the Lower Acropolis,
you will see Gymnasiums, the Temple of Demeter, the House of Attalus and the
Lower Agora. After a luch of Turkish specialties, you will visit the
Archaeological Museum of Bergama and the Asclepion or the Sanctuary of
Asclepius, which was the first phsychological health centre which was dedicated
to the God of Health, Asclepion. You will then return to Izmir.
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