Perge

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Perge is an ancient Greco-Roman city in southern Turkey renowned for its well-preserved ruins, including a stadium, theater, and colonnaded streets.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Ancient city of Perge 1
Perge Ruins 1
Perge Örenyeri 1

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient city
archaeological site
tourist attraction
associatedWithDeity Artemis
surface form: Artemis Pergaia
conqueredBy Alexander the Great
country Turkey
culture Byzantine
Greco-Roman
Hellenistic
Roman
flourishedInPeriod Byzantine period
Hellenistic period
Roman Imperial period
foundedInPeriod Bronze Age
hasHeritageStatus UNESCO World Heritage tentative list
surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List site
hasNearbySanctuary Sanctuary of Artemis Pergaia
hasPart Hellenistic gate
Roman gate
acropolis
agora
basilica
baths
city walls
colonnaded main street
colonnaded street
nymphaeum
palaestra
stadium
theater
water channel
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List (Turkey)
surface form: UNESCO Tentative List (Turkey)

archaeological conservation area
knownFor large Roman stadium
monumental Hellenistic gate towers
well-preserved ruins
locatedIn Antalya Province NERFINISHED
Asia Minor
Pamphylia
southern Turkey
locatedNear Antalya NERFINISHED
locatedOn Cestrus River NERFINISHED
mentionedIn Acts of the Apostles
modernName Perge self-linksurface differs
surface form: Perge Örenyeri
modernNameLanguage Turkish language
surface form: Turkish
nearestModernSettlement Aksu
region Mediterranean Region of Turkey
underRuleOf Byzantine Empire
Lydia of Croesus
Roman Empire
Seleucid Empire NERFINISHED
visitedBy Barnabas
Apostle Paul
surface form: Paul the Apostle
wasCapitalOf Pamphylia
surface form: Pamphylia Secunda

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

this entity surface form: Perge Ruins
Pamphylia hasCapital Perge
Pamphylia hasMajorCity Perge
Perge modernName Perge self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Perge Örenyeri
Antalya nearbyAncientSite Perge
this entity surface form: ancient city of Perge
this entity surface form: Ancient city of Perge