Bergama. Pergamon.
Bergama. Pergamon.
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560. Bergama, Kizil Avlu (Bergama, Kizil Avlu)
560. Bergama, Kizil Avlu (Bergama, Kizil Avlu)
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Bergama
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Pergamon.
Among the very few remnants of basilicas from the Early Chris-
tian period here, is a three-aisled basilica with a very large
atrium at the lower agora that can be dated to the mid-5th c.
A small space to the N possibly served as a baptistery. Within
the ancient city a small single-nave church has been found
and according to its sculptures it dates from the 5th-6th c. It
is located next to a large Early Christian cistern and it is be-
lieved that they were parts of a monastery. The surviving high
walls at Kizil Avlu (Red Yard) are impressive; they possibly
belonged to the sanctuary of Serapis built in the first half of the
2nd c. This monument was converted by the Christians into a
three-aisled basilica with galleries. The strong foundations for
the columns and the apse that was added to the E survive. It
is not easy to specify when the conversion took place, as there
are no sculptures, but it may have occurred in the late 5th or
early 6th c.
