Bergama Asklepion Örenyeri

About Bergama Asklepion Örenyeri

The Asklepion of Pergamon, a healing sanctuary founded in the 4th century BC below the acropolis in honour of Asclepius, god of healing, and described by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism as the most important healing centre in western Anatolia. Most surviving remains date from works under the Emperor Hadrian in the 2nd century AD. Visitors enter along the Via Tecta, a paved sacred way about 1 km long, through the monumental Propylon to a large courtyard ringed by colonnades, with a library hall, a temple of Zeus, a theatre seating 3,500, sacred healing springs and a circular treatment building. Pergamon was the home town of the physician Galen. The site opens every day from 08:30 to 17:30, with the ticket office closing at 17:00; an audio guide is available and the ministry lists the entry fee as 13 euros.