Agora Ancient City,Izmir

Izmir's Ancient Agora was built at the base of Pagos Hill, the highest hill in ancient Smyrna/Izmir. What is an Ã¢â¬ÅagoraÃ¢â¬Â? According to the dictionary, it means; Ã¢â¬Å a public marketplace, a public gathering area for commerce as well as a forum for the citizens of a cityÃ¢â¬Â. It was used in ancient times for the social and political sounding board for opinions and commerce to be heard and shared. It is known that as early as the 900sÃ¢â¬â700s BC that, citizens that were free-born male land-owners would gather in the Agora to hear announcements and statements of the rulers.

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