Anatolian Civilizations and Historical Sites - TEDA

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Agora columns at Perge.
wife that were once here are now in the Antalya museum. Beside the
fountain there is a propylon belonging to the baths. This entranceway
was also richly decorated with statues, many of which have been
unearthed in excavations, and was also built during the reign of
Septimius Severus.
After passing by both structures we come again to the Hellenistic
Period gate. This well-preserved structure is flanked on either side by
towers and leads to a horseshoe-shaped courtyard that was
magnificently beautified between AD 120 and 122 by Plancia Magna,
daughter of Plancius Varus, the Roman governor of Bithynia. Plancia
Magna contributed much to the development of Perge.
Her tomb is located at the right of the main gate and there is a statue
of her in the Antalya museum. The northern side of the courtyard has
three entranceways built in the form of a two-storied entrance. The
niches once contained statues of the Roman emperor and empress.
On the eastern side of the Hellenistic gate is the Pergean agora, a
column-enclosed area with shops and rooms around the perimeter
that was built in the 4 th century AD. In the center of the agora is a
round temple. Excavations have revealed a colonnaded portico
measuring 4.30 by 96 m. alongside the agora. On the southern side of