Theatre, Pergamon, Bergama, Izmir, Turkey
Hellenistic Theatre, built 2nd century BC under the reign of Attala II, Pergamon, modern-day Bergama, Izmir, Turkey. The theatre seated 10, 000 people and would have had a wooden stage which was erected for each performance. It is the steepest theatre of the ancient world and has 78 rows of seats in 3 horizontal sections. The seats are of andesite and trachyte, except for the marble seat of honour above the first diazoma. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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13427928
Media ID
45094032
Size
5349px x 5124px
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Credit
Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by Manuel Cohen
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