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Perge is a ruined city on the Turkish Riviera, in Turkish "Perge Antik Kenti."
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Perge was in the 4th millennium B.C.E. under the name of Parcha known as a Hittite settlement. Alongside Side, Perge was the most important city and at times the capital of Pamphylia. In the 7th century CE the Greek settlement of Perge began to develop under the influence of the Rhodians. The city led the Attic-Delian League. She surrendered Alexander the great and was built from 187-133 B.C.E. like Antalya part of the kingdom of Pergamon and then Roman. Perge was from 73 C.E. Capital of the province Lycia and Pamphylia. The city was one of the oldest Christian communities. The Apostle paul visited Perge with his companion Barnabas after his escape from Antioch. Here he spoke the word to Perge (Acts 14:25). Perge had many influential bishops. Then it became quiet around Perge. The Arabs threatened the city and the residents migrated to Antalya after the Seljuk conquests at the latest. This was followed by the bath buildings. Archaeologists from the University of Giessen have been working with the University of Istanbul on the excavations since 1988.
getting there
By plane
The international airport is Antalya (approx. 7 km to the west).
In the street
- Tram and urban bus
Perge is about six kilometers north of the four-lane Antalya-Alanya road, not far from Antalya and the airport. The next small place is on the road and is called Akzu (Aksu). The city is 14 km inland and 16 km northeast of Antalya. It can be reached by city buses, from there it is less than a kilometer along Ataturk Cd. up. Also the AntRay-Tram stops in Aksu (from Antalya direction EXPO).
- Private or tour group
You can visit the ancient city of Perge by rental car, taxi or on a bus excursion. From the hotels in Belek you can take a taxi to Perge and Aspendos for sometimes hefty prices. Renting a car for a day will cost about the same. With an organized bus trip you have to know that leather, jewelry and carpet shops will also be visited, where you will try honest and dishonest tricks to sell the travelers goods of lower quality for high prices. The stores sponsor the bus trip and make it a tempting offer. If there are four of you together, a taxi or a rental car is the better alternative.
mobility
Buses or collective taxes (Dolmus) drive to almost all destinations. You have to inquire at the hotel, for example.
Tourist Attractions
Unfortunately, only ruins can be seen of the ancient city of Perge. In part, so much has remained that one can imagine the earlier structures.
In front of the city proper are the stadium and the theater.
- Stadion. The stadium (at the parking lot) was once the largest in Asia Minor. It is still in good condition. The stadium was shaped like a horseshoe. The venue for 12,000 spectators, built in the 2nd century AD, is 234 m long and 34 m wide. In the 3rd century, the open southern side was built up in order to be able to use the now closed space for gladiator fights.
- theatre. Directly opposite is the theater from the 2nd century. It used to be completely covered with marble. There was space for 13,000 spectators in 42 tiers. It is no longer so well preserved because it was used as a quarry from 1920. The stage building has been destroyed except for the ground floor. You cannot enter the interior.
You enter the ancient city from the south through the roman gate. Two round towers and the remains of another gate from Greek times are visible. To the left you go to Bathhouse from the 3rd century AD, when Perge was the most important city in Asia Minor. Here you can still see the earlier underground hot water pipes.
- A noble lady named Placia Magna built a Sanctuary for Artemis with a very decorative courtyard. Here were sculptures of Artemis, Athene, Aphrodite, Nemesis and Asclepios. You can find them in the museum in Antalya see.
- The Market hall (Agorá) has crumbled, but the many columns that have been preserved give an impression of their size. The dimensions of the hall were 76 x 46 m and there was only one entrance from the street. That led to the toilet. The shops were accessed from the inner courtyard.
- Noteworthy is the approximately 20 m wide column-lined street that leads north to the Acropolis.
- acropolis. The upper town lies on a fifty meter high plateau. Unfortunately, not much is left here.
Practical advice
Opening times 8 am-7pm, in winter only until 5pm.
Admission (2018): 25 TL.
literature
- Abbasoğlu, Halûk; Acropolis of Perge: 1: Survey and Sondagen: 1994-1997; Mainz 2003
- Atik, Neşe; Ceramics from the southern thermal baths of Perge; Tübingen 1995 (Wasmuth) [Zugl .: Freiburg (Breisgau), Univ., Diss., 1989]
- Şahin, Sencer; Inscriptions from Perge; Bonn 1999-2004 (Habelt), 2 vols.
