I am not done with London yet, but I cannot resist starting to post some of my shots from a special tour I did of Turkey in September 2011. These will be a mix of color and monochrome. I am going to be posting some big shots for this Turkish series so do take a close up look. This is the marketplace, the Agora, at Pergamon, an ancient Greek city in northwest Turkey. In the background you can see a Greek theatre and on the right the remains of a wall of the library. Pergamon was famous as the first hospital. It is an especially beautiful site and well worth a visit if you are touring Turkey. It was the capital of the Pergamon Empire, which was formed after the death of Lysimachus, a general of Alexander the Great who had ruled the Kingdom of Thrace. It was founded by Philetaerus, an officer of Lysimachus in 281 B.C. and the kingdom lasted till 133 B.C.when is was bequethed to Rome. It had always been Rome's strongest ally in the region and was allied with Rome against neighboring Macedonia. The city is mentioned in the Book of Revelation as being one of the Seven Churches of Asia.