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Pergamon (Bergama)
Pergamon, Pergamum
Pergamon's steep 10,000-seat theatre and 200,000-volume library crowned Kale Hill above the Bakırçay plain, the capital of the Attalid kings and now a World Heritage Site.
Civilization
Byzantine
Ancient cities
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Perge
Perge, Parha
Two Hellenistic towers from the 3rd century BCE greet visitors to Perge. This Pamphylian city near Aksu is known for its colonnaded street, theatre and stadium.
Perrhe (Perre) Ancient City
Perrhe, Me'arath, Gazze, Pörön, Pirin, Perin, Hierapolis
Perrhe in the Örenli district of Adıyaman ranked among Commagene's five leading cities and is known for the region's largest necropolis, its mosaics and the Roman Fountain.
Phaselis
Phaselis
A 125 m paved street links two of Phaselis's three harbours; Roman aqueducts, a small theatre and Hadrian's gateway stand in the pine woods of this Lycian coast port.
Pinara
Pinara, Pinale
Pinara is a Lycian city near Minare village below Mount Babadağ in Fethiye, known for its round acropolis, hundreds of rock tombs, odeon, agora and theatre.
Pisidian Antioch
Antiochia, Col. Caesarea, Antiochia Pisidia
Pisidian Antioch (Pisidia Antiokheia) is a Seleucid-founded city near Yalvaç, Isparta, noted for its Temple of Augustus, theatre and the Basilica of St Paul.
Priene
Priene, Samson
Priene, called the Pompeii of Asia Minor, climbs the slope of Mycale with a gridded street plan, an Athena temple, a theatre and houses that preserve Hellenistic town life.
Rumkale
Shitamrat, Kal-a Rhomayta, Hromklay, Ranculat, Kal-at el Rum, Kal-at el Muslimin, Kale-i Zerrin
Rumkale, in Gaziantep's Yavuzeli district, is a cliff-top fortress where the Merzimen stream meets the Euphrates, ringed on three sides by a reservoir and once an Armenian Catholicosate seat.
Sagalassos
Sagalassos, Σαγαλασσός
Sagalassos is a Pisidian city high in the Taurus at 1500-1700 m. Fountains, a library and a stadium turned into churches make it one of Asia Minor's best-preserved ancient cities.
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Sardis
Sardis, Sfar-, Sparda
The Lydian capital near Manisa where coinage was invented: the Temple of Artemis, the biggest synagogue of the ancient world and the huge Bin Tepe tumuli. World Heritage since 2025.
Sedir Island (Kedrai)
Kedreai, Kedrai, Kedrae, Cedrae
Sedir Island in the Gulf of Gökova holds the remains of the Carian town of Kedrai, with walls, a theatre and an agora; it is a first-degree archaeological and natural site reached by boat.
Side
Side, Sidē, Sibdē, Selimiye
Side, a Pamphylian harbour town on a narrow peninsula near Manavgat, is known for a theatre on an artificial slope of arches and vaults, its Apollo and Athena temples and a museum in a Roman bath.