Biblical places
Pergamum (Pergamon)
Home to one of the seven churches of Revelation, described as the place 'where Satan has his throne' (Revelation 2:13); once the capital of a powerful Hellenistic kingdom. Designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2014.
Sources and location confidence
- Location confidence
- Very High
- Bergama
- 39.1325, 27.1842
There is no disagreement over its location.
Related Bible passages
These are selected indexed references, not an exhaustive list of every mention in the Bible.
Revelation 1:11
Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.
Revelation 2:12
And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; These things saith he which hath the sharp sword with two edges;