Editing Pergamon (section)

====Sanctuary of Hera====
[[File:Pergamon Tempel der Hera.JPG|thumb|left|Temple and sanctuary of Hera from the west]]
The sanctuary of Hera Basileia ('the Queen') lay north of the upper terrace of the gymnasium. Its structure sits on two parallel terraces, the south one about 107.4 metres above sea level and the north one about 109.8 metres above sea level. The Temple of Hera sat in the middle of the upper terrace, facing to the south, with a {{convert|6|m|ft|adj=mid|-wide}} [[exedra]] to the west and a building whose function is very unclear to the east. The two terraces were linked by a staircase of eleven steps around 7.5 metres wide, descending from the front of the temple.

The temple was about 7 metres wide by 12 metres long, and sat on a three-stepped foundation. It was a [[Doric order|Doric]] tetrastyle [[prostyle]] temple, with three [[triglyph]]s and [[metope]]s for each span in the entablature. All the other buildings in the sanctuary were made out of [[trachyte]], but the visible part of the temple was made of marble, or at least had a marble cladding. The base of the cult image inside the cella supported three cult statues.

The surviving remains of the inscription on the architrave indicate that the building was the temple of Hera Basileia and that it was erected by Attalus II.<ref>On the Sanctuary of Hera: ''Altertümer von Pergamon''. VI, pp. 102–110, Tables I-II, IV–V, VI–VII, VIII, X–XI, XVIII, XXXII, XXXIII, XXXIV, XXXV.</ref>