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Bozkoy Destination Guide

Touring Bozkoy in Turkey

Bozkoy in the region of İzmir is located in Turkey - some 312 mi or ( 503 km ) West of Ankara , the country's capital city .

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Time in Bozkoy is now 02:14 PM (Tuesday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Istanbul " with a UTC offset of 2 hours. Depending on your budget, these more prominent places might be interesting for you: Chios, Heraklion, Athens, Yenisakran, and Yenice. Being here already, consider visiting Chios . We collected some hobby film on the internet . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Check out our recommendations for Bozkoy ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Bergama / Pergamon - Turkey

4:34 min by Eric Ross
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Bergama. The antique site of Bergama with the Acropolis, the Theater, the Temple of Zeus and Athene. Director Eric Ross draw up this report. ..

Bergama, The Leading City of Civilisation,

4:17 min by gökhan güzeler
Views: 2614 Rating: 5.00

This movie is a timelapse project that consists of 262.141 images. Music : " The American Dollar - Lights Dim " Bergama, the leading city of civilisation, Unesco World Heritage Nominated Site. This fi ..


Turkey 14.2 : Bergama - Acropolis

4:42 min by Paul Pesie
Views: 2513 Rating: 5.00

Take a taxi uphill (or use the finucular/telpher carrier which will be ready in the sumer of 2010) to visit Pergamums Acropolis. On the other side of the hill a lake , created by a dam : no time to ex ..

Turkey 14.1 : Bergama - Archaeology Museum & Asclepion

4:04 min by Paul Pesie
Views: 426 Rating: 5.00

Asclepion was one of the early therapeutic communities where body & mind were treated. "THE GODS OF DEATH HAVE NO ACCES" was the curative message on the entrance gate of Asclepion. ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Zeytindağ

Zeytindağ is a town in İzmir Province, Turkey.

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Located at 38.97 27.07 (Lat./Long.); Less than 8 km away
Tags: Aegean Region, Bergama District, Populated places in Izmir Province, Towns in Turkey

Elaea (Aeolis)

Elaea or Elaia was an ancient city of Aeolis, Asia, the port of Pergamum. According to the Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World, it was located near the modern town of Zeytindağ, İzmir Province, Turkey. The ruins of the silted port's breakwater can be seen on satellite maps at 38°56'35.54"N 27°2'16.34"E.

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Located at 38.95 27.04 (Lat./Long.); Less than 11 km away
Tags: Aeolis, Ancient Greek sites in Turkey, Ancient mints, Former populated places in Turkey, Roman sites in Turkey

Pergamon Bridge

The Pergamon Bridge is a Roman substruction bridge over the Selinus river (modern Bergama Çayı) in the ancient city of Pergamon, modern-day Turkey. The 196 m wide structure, the largest of its kind in antiquity, was designed during Hadrian's reign (AD 117–138) in order to form a passageway underneath a large court in front of the monumental "Red Basilica" temple complex. The two intact tubes, which consist of supporting walls covered with barrel vaults, still serve their purpose to this day.

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Located at 39.12 27.18 (Lat./Long.); Less than 12 km away
Tags: Bergama, Deck arch bridges, Pergamon, Roman bridges in Turkey, Stone bridges, Tunnels in Turkey

Bergama Raid

The Greek army landed in May 1919 in Smyrna and was continuing to occupy the area around Smyrna. When the Turks heard that the Greek troops had reached Reşadiye (Zeytindağ) on 10 June 1919, they realized that Bergama was next. Therefore they blow up the ammunition depot in Bergama to prevent the capture of the depot by Greek forces.

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Located at 39.12 27.20 (Lat./Long.); Less than 12 km away
Tags: 1919 in Turkey, Battles of the Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922), Bergama, Conflicts in 1919

Pergamon Altar

The Pergamon Altar is a monumental construction built during the reign of King Eumenes II in the first half of the 2nd century BC on one of the terraces of the acropolis of the ancient city of Pergamon in Asia Minor. The structure is 35.64 meters wide and 33.4 meters deep; the front stairway alone is almost 20 meters wide. The base is decorated with a frieze in high relief showing the battle between the Giants and the Olympian gods known as the Gigantomachy.

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Located at 39.13 27.18 (Lat./Long.); Less than 13 km away
Tags: 2nd-century BC architecture, Altars, Antikensammlung Berlin, Bergama, Hellenistic architecture, Pergamene sculpture

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