Bergama

Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 2: Beaugency to Cataract, p. 89–90

Bergama (ancient Pergamos), a city of Asiatic Turkey, province of Aidin, situated in a beautiful and fertile valley, 40 miles N. of Smyrna. In early times the city was the capital of the kingdom of

Pergamum (q.v.). The present population is about 6000.

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