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On the steep slope to the west of the Temple of Athena in the Acropolis of Pergamum, modern day Turkey, there is a theater of approximately 10,000 people. Rising on a steep slope, the Pergamon Theater is one of the most beautiful architectural works of the Hellenistic period with its impressive appearance. This theater has a magnificent view and wonderful acoustics. The first theatre on the site was built in the earliest days of the Attalid Kingdom. The theatre, which is the steepest theatre in Western Anatolia, has a 10 thousand-seat capacity. The theatre at Pergamum has seventy-eight rows of seats and is divided into three horizontal seating sections. During the Roman Period, they developed this plan a little more and enlarged the theater area and the audience to at least twice. Included in the World Heritage Tentative List by UNESCO in 2011, Pergamon was registered as a World Heritage Site in 2014.