{"id":4740,"date":"2017-03-13T16:25:27","date_gmt":"2017-03-13T16:25:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.visionpubl.com\/en\/?p=4740"},"modified":"2017-03-13T16:25:27","modified_gmt":"2017-03-13T16:25:27","slug":"theatre-of-pergamon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visionpubl.com\/en\/cities\/pergamon\/theatre-of-pergamon\/","title":{"rendered":"Theatre of Pergamon"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Theatre of Pergamon<\/strong>, built during the 3rd century B.C<\/strong>., is of the Hellenistic type<\/strong>, with a cavea that goes beyond the stage, and it was partly modified during the Roman Age<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

It is surprising in its dimensions: 80 rows<\/strong> of very tall steps, with the highest situated about 36 meters<\/strong> above the orchestra pit; it could seat 10,000 spectators<\/strong>.
\nAnother interesting element is the presence of a terrace 246 meters<\/strong> long, a singular porticus post scaenam, with a covered Doric portico<\/strong> leading to the Temple of Dionysus<\/strong>, installed in its northernmost extremity.<\/p>\n

The sacred building, a perfect example of a prostyle, tetrastyle, Ionic Hellenistic temple<\/strong> raised on a podium made accessible by a staircase, is constructed of andesite, a volcanic rock, as are almost all the Attalid<\/strong> buildings of Pergamon.<\/p>\n

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\u00a9 Photo credits by Ken and Nyetta<\/a> under CC-BY-2.0<\/p>\n

It was restored and clad with marble during the Roman Age<\/strong> by Caracalla<\/strong>, who was venerated in the city as Neos Dionysos<\/strong>. Around the theatre, from north to south, are a series of monumental complexes positioned in a fan-like arrangement.<\/p>\n

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The Theatre of Pergamon, built during the 3rd century B.C., is of the Hellenistic type, with a cavea that goes beyond the stage, and it was partly modified during the Roman Age. It is surprising in its dimensions: 80 rows of very tall steps, with the highest situated about 36 meters above the orchestra pit; […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4741,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[183,201],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visionpubl.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4740"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visionpubl.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visionpubl.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visionpubl.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visionpubl.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4740"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.visionpubl.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4740\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4789,"href":"https:\/\/www.visionpubl.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4740\/revisions\/4789"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visionpubl.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visionpubl.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visionpubl.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visionpubl.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}