Pergamon Agora by brewgirlca
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I am not done with London yet, but I cannot resist starting to post some of my shots from a special tour I did of Turkey in September 2011. These will be a mix of color and monochrome.
I am going to be posting some big shots for this Turkish series so do take a close up look.
This is the marketplace, the Agora, at Pergamon, an ancient Greek city in northwest Turkey. In the background you can see a Greek theatre and on the right the remains of a wall of the library.
Pergamon was famous as the first hospital. It is an especially beautiful site and well worth a visit if you are touring Turkey.
It was the capital of the Pergamon Empire, which was formed after the death of Lysimachus, a general of Alexander the Great who had ruled the Kingdom of Thrace. It was founded by Philetaerus, an officer of Lysimachus in 281 B.C. and the kingdom lasted till 133 B.C.when is was bequethed to Rome. It had always been Rome's strongest ally in the region and was allied with Rome against neighboring Macedonia.
The city is mentioned in the Book of Revelation as being one of the Seven Churches of Asia.
Comments (32)
vyktohria
WOW! What a beautiful image!! And the monochrome really adds to it's mystery... Don't know if you knew or not, but I'm actually a trained archaeologist (got my undergrad at Arizona State, and my Masters in Evolutionary Ecology at Univ of Utah). This makes me looooong for the field...
vaggabondd
This is really good post work, it goes great with this shot, nice image
odile
Ho , it's one of my dreams to visit the archeologicals sites of Turquey! Great capture!
missblue
A beautiful capture!
eekdog
wowowow! i just love your photography Roxy. the way you capture with that lens and b&w. amazing sis, cool history.... happy holidays..
twelvemark21
Wonderful photo, great postwork and a delightful bit of regional history.
wotan
I really like the vintage feeling... beautiful scene and PW!
magnus073
It really is amazing Roxie, can't get over what an epic place this is
3dpoetry
Awesome capture, and styling
adorety
I really enjoy the facts and history! Excellent shot too. You made it look like a photo from a 1920s discovery. Look forward to more.
Faemike55
I feel like I've just been transported into the past Great capture
SidheRoseGraphics
Excellent image of a great monumental place, Roxy. Your vantage really takes in a lot. I am also looking forward to more!
West_coaster07
Awesome!!
RJS
Thanks for sharing this wonderful photo and the history that goes with it. It fills me with envy!
vitachick
Monochrome really adds to the beauty of this scene. Good background history.
renecyberdoc
excellent information and shot.
drifterlee
I love old ruins! Very nice shot!
RodS
It must be truly awe-inspiring to stand on the ground of so much history. This is an incredible shot, Roxy, and your knowledge of history really adds immensely to the photo. So glad you had a chance to visit these historic places!
mgtcs
Spectacular photo my friend, wonderful place, loved it a lot!
auntietk
Oh wow. That's spectacular!
fallen21
Splendid picture, excellent shot!
Rhanagaz
Very fine capture! Once a crowded city and market!...
netot
Beautiful! the sephia tone you choosed increases the sense of antiquity. Congrats for being in LWIG
tommorules
Fascinating; congrats on the LWITG pick!
GiMi53
I really like the old postcard look; excellent work ! Congratulations for your selection in LWitG week #51 (Last Week in the Gallery #51) ! Happy Holidays !
:~)
Darkwish
Great shot, very well done!
kareldg
Excellent postwork to create this historical look and thanks for the lesson.
Dreamdesigner
Sorry this comment is late Roxy;I would like to thank you for these magnificent photographs and info about these most important magnificent historical places:-))))
Chipka
I've written a few stories involving two city-states (Ůtef and Elül, if you care to know such things) and the physical sources of those two places tend to look like historically-significant sites in places like Turkey, MOST of Northern Africa, Bulgaria, Albania, and various desert-countries like Iraq and Iran, back when they were called Persia, and were dominated by intriguing architecture and gods/goddesses with really swanky beards and breast-exposing gowns. In short, the good-old-pre-penecillin days. I bring this up, because images such as this, coupled with onions (don't ask!) tend to fire off my creative juices and set them to a nice simmer. My creative juices are coming to a nice simmer, simply by looking at this image and wondering at the lives of the people who lived in such a place. I think that's what works the most in these sorts of photographs; there's always an implied history, a whisper of lives that are nowhere near the photographer, and it always helps when such photographs come from truly ancient places that are still alive! This photo captures so much of that and the fact that it's a monochrome shot removes it a bit more from "this" world. It looks anthropological or archaeological...a bit like a "record shot." Those were commonly done by great photographers simply taking pictures so that they could pay their bills. As a result, many such photos are brilliant and under-appreciated. This reminds me of one of those shots and I quite like the details that come out on full view. Great contrasts, shapes, and a pervasive sense of actual, still-living history! This is inspiring.
shingleboot
Wonderful image, very unique looking in many ways (does that qualify as an oxi-moron?) anyway, fantastic scene. :)