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Pergamon Acropolis: the Temple of Trajan, with tree. |
The Trajaneum, the sacred precinct, or temenos, in which the Temple of Trajan stood, was surrounded on three sides by stoas (see the photo of the model of the Trajaneum below). The open sides of these roofed passageways, facing the quadrangular courtyard in which the temple stood, were supported by rows of columns.
Steps from the stoas on either side of the temple led directly into the courtyard. The stoa to the northeastern end (in the photo above) was part of an L-shaped building raised above a wall, and access to the court was by steps down to a side stoa.
The southwestern side of the courtyard was open so that visitors to the sanctuary could view the theatre, the lower city and countryside in the valley below. This also meant that the temple and sanctuary could be admired by those in the lower city. |
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Reconstruction of a
Corinthian column and
part of the entabulature
of the east end (rear)
of the Temple of Trajan. |
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Remains of the east portico of the Trajan Temple. |
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Model of the Trajaneum on the west side of the Pergamon Acropolis, in the Pergamon Museum, Berlin.
See an interactive photo of the whole model of the Pergamon Acropolis on gallery 1, page 4. |
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Model of the Arsenal (left) of the Pergamon Acropolis, in the Pergamon Museum, Berlin.
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The ruins of the Arsenal (also referred to as the Arsenals) can be seen behind the Trajaneum, towards the northern end of the acropolis. Its buildings stood within a walled compound, separated from the rest of the acropolis. Immediately to the right of this were the barracks, which probably housed the somatophylakes (royal bodyguard), built next to the tower which was part of the pre-Hellenistic fortified residence of the pro-Persian Gongylos of Eretria (470s BC) and his descendants, mentioned by Xenophon (see the history of Pergamon).
The Arsenal was discovered in 1927 by the German archaeologist Theodor Wiegand (1864-1936), who also excavated the Sanctuary of Asklepios.
See: Theodor Wiegand, Bericht über die Ausgrabungen in Pergamon 1927 (Report on the excavations in Pergamon), pages 4-16. Number 3 in the series: Abhandlungen der Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Jahrgang 1928, philosophisch-historische Klasse. Verlag der Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin, 1928. |
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Theodor Wiegand.
Photo taken in Athens, 1901. |
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