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Kybele Sanctuary at Kapikaya

a Pleiades place resource

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The Kybele Sanctuary at Kapikaya is a rock-cut sanctuary sacred to Kybele, approximately 6 km from Pergamon, and is included in the UNESCO World Heritage site "Pergamon and its Multi-Layered Cultural Landscape".

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/235505945

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
39.1643216, 27.1435634

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Kybele Sanctuary at Kapikaya (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Sanctuary of Cybele, Pergamon (Sanctuary of Cybele: English, AD 1900 - AD 2099)

Kybele Sanctuary at Kapikaya makes connections with:

Kybele Sanctuary at Kapikaya located near Pergamum (unspecified date range)

Kybele Sanctuary at Kapikaya receives connections from:

None

Place type:
sanctuary (religious center)

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See Further:

WHL 1457-002 Kybele Sanctuary at Kapikaya

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Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, 'Kybele Sanctuary at Kapikaya: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/235505945> [accessed: 16 February 2026]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/235505945 |title=Places: 235505945 (Kybele Sanctuary at Kapikaya) |author=Becker, J. |accessdate=February 16, 2026 9:25 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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