Traditional Earthquake-resistant Construction in the East Aegean Sea: The Case of Eresos and Pergamon

The author investigates previously unknown, anti-seismic construction systems used

and in the settlement of Bergama, in the western coast of Turkey. The buildings examined employ

building system resembles traditional anti-seismic structures of the Mediterranean like the ones of

autonomous masonry walls and timber frames with extensive ‘x’ bracing. During an earthquake,

structure. That building system seems to be based on advanced structural principles, such as the

earthquake danger in Greece and Turkey.