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🏛️ Pergamon and its Multi-Layered Cultural Landscape: Kybele Sanctuary at Kapikaya

Archaeology & Antiquity Türkiye Asia

🏛️ Pergamon and its Multi-Layered Cultural Landscape: Kybele Sanctuary at Kapikaya
Carved rock sanctuary dedicated to the Anatolian mother goddess


🕐 3 min read · Updated 10 Apr 2026 at 18:00

UNESCOUNESCO World Heritage Site

📌 Fast Facts
  • Location: Bergama district, western Türkiye, near ancient Pergamon
  • Type: Rock-cut sanctuary carved into steep mountain slopes
  • Deity: Kybele, Anatolian goddess of fertility and nature
  • UNESCO inscription: 2014

The Kybele Sanctuary at Kapikaya is a rock-cut religious site in the Bergama region of western Türkiye that ...

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