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- Obligatory cat photo
- Pergamum from the asclepeion car park, long lens
- Pergamum from the asclepeion car park, long lens
- Pergamum from the asclepeion car park, long lens
- Pergamum from the asclepeion car park, long lens
- Pergamum from the asclepeion car park
- The sacred way (Via Tecta)
- One of the columns along the stoa
- The sacred way, straight down the middle!
- Slightly angled view
- Centralising Pergamum in the frame
- View to one side of the sacred way with Pergamum citadel on the hill beyond
- Steps from the portal leading out onto the sacred way
- The library and the sanctuary edge
- Part of the sanctuary
- Lizards on the walls inside the library
- The library
- The library
- The library
- The centre of the sanctuary from the portal with theatre on the right and the latrines in the far left corner
- From the sanctuary entrance, looking towards the theatre
- Steps leading from the southern stoa towards the centre of the sanctuary
- The southern stoa with latrines in the background
- The southern stoa looking towards the cure building
- Area just outside the latrines
- Southern stoa, looking towards the cure building
- View of the theatre from the latrines
- Looking towards the cure building from the latrines
- Looking towards the cure building from the latrines
- The latrine
- Latrine
- The southern stoa
- From the western end, a view of the theatre
- Part way along the western stoa
- In the centre of the picture, a distant view of Pergamum citadel from the western stoa
- The western stoa
- Columns of the western stoa
- A view of the theatre from the entrance to the western stoa. Pergamum citadel can be seen in the distance, on the right
- The theatre from the western end of the sanctuary
- Columns in the corner of the sanctuary
- Lying on its back, a piece of the stoa that holds up the roof
- Looking east along the northern stoa. Note the double walls in the centre
- This curved tunnel arcs right around the theatre under the seating. I managed to get about ten metres before dozens of bats became disturbed by my presence so I turned back and left them in peace
- From the edge of the theatre, looking south towards the latrine
- VIP box seats! Marble theatre seating, front centre
- Theatre seating
- Theatre seating
- At the top of the theatre seating, an aggressive barking dog in the field behind came to give me a stern warning!
- Theatre seating, from the top
- Great view of the asclepeion from the top of the theatre seating
- Centre stage…
- Pergamum citadel from the top of the theatre
- Theatre seats and Pergamum citadel in the background