Alaşehir, Turkey
The remains of the ancient church of Philadelphia are hidden along a side street in the modern Turkish town of Alasehir. It's a quiet, well-manicured garden sanctuary that sits by the only two surviving arches from a sixth century Byzantine basilica. Attalus founded Pergamum in honor of his brother Philadelphia whose name means 'he who loves his brother.' It was a prosperous city plagued by regular earthquakes including one in AD 17 that destroyed twelve Asian ci...