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In preparation for Christmas the following links will take you to Nazareth where the annunciation took place; to Bethlehem where Jesus was born; to "Shepherds' Field;" to an example of a manger (also, use Search Window); and to the Herodium where Herod the Great had a pleasure palace and where he was buried.
To visit the original home of Saint Nicholas at Myra in Turkey(!), click here!
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Ancient Pergamum (modern Bergama) is located in western Turkey 16.5 mi. [26.5 km.] inland (as the crow flies) from the Aegean Sea.
It is the third city mentioned in the book of Revelation (1:1; 2:12–17) and the reference to the "throne of Satan" (2:13) has variously been interpreted as emperor worship (note the Temple of Trajan), the altar of Zeus, or the worship of a plethora of deities at Pergamum (temples to Zeus, Athena, Dionysus, Asclepius, Serapis, Demeter, etc. have been found).